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

2. What popular television show had Trethewey watched all summer in 1973?
(a) The Brady Bunch.
(b) The Dick Van Dyke Show.
(c) I Dream of Genie.
(d) I Love Lucy.

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

4. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey took from her mother's apartment after her death?
(a) It had properties that could heal burns.
(b) It had one gorgeous pink flower.
(c) It had sap that was toxic and could render someone temporarily mute.
(d) It had properties that could cause hallucinations.

5. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?

3. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?

4. Where did Trethewey live with her mother when they would go visit her father in graduate school?

5. What word did Trethewey's father use to refer to her in one of his poems?

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