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

2. 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 take a leave of absence from work.
(c) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(d) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.

3. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?
(a) When she was 12.
(b) When she was 16.
(c) When she was 5.
(d) When she was 19.

4. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1932.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

2. What kind of car did the man Gwendolyn introduced Trethewey to in Part II drive?

3. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?

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

5. What was the name of the street Gwendolyn lived on when she was killed?

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