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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 41 - 82).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(b) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.
(c) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(d) She had to take a leave of absence from work.

2. How does hindsight make Trethewey see her mother's last portrait?
(a) In a way that brings out anger in Trethewey.
(b) In a hopeful way.
(c) In a way that brings out a peaceful feeling in Trethewey.
(d) In a gloomy way.

3. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1971.

4. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?
(a) A photo of him.
(b) A charcoal drawing of him.
(c) One of his hats which always hung on a peg.
(d) An oil painting of him.

5. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?
(a) An accident in school.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) An injury from his father.
(d) A birth defect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Trethewey born?

2. How long after Gwendolyn's death did Trethewey go back to the place she was murdered?

3. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?

4. What did Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?

5. What song did Trethewey remember was playing when she left Mississippi with her mother, even though it probably was not the song that she heard?

(see the answer key)

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