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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 40).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Writing.
(d) Law.

2. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) What time is it?
(b) Can you forgive me?
(c) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(d) How are you doing?

3. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?
(a) A bullet hole in the wall of her bedroom.
(b) Young children playing around the crime tape.
(c) Blood on the stairwell.
(d) The photographers pushing open the door to the apartment building.

4. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?
(a) The back of her thigh.
(b) Her abdomen.
(c) Her inner elbow.
(d) Her right cheek.

5. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 46.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Trethewey walking with her mother in her dream in Part I?

2. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?

3. Which magazine published pictures of Emmett Till after his brutal death in 1955?

4. What kind of car did Trethewey's father buy to drive the family on vacation in Part I?

5. What kind of plant did Trethewey take from Gwendolyn's apartment in Part I after she was killed?

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