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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. Which writer wrote, "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware?"
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Martin Buber.
(d) Emer Friednly.

2. Where did Trethewey's grandmother tell her she still felt pain sometimes after Gwendolyn was dead?
(a) Her ankle.
(b) Her wrist.
(c) Her forehead.
(d) Her own navel.

3. What state did Trethewey's parents get married in?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Mississippi.

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 Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) A hole in the center of her forehead.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?

2. Which great-aunt did Trethewey spend much time with as a child?

3. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

4. 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?

5. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?

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