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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 was Trethewey born?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Louisiana.

2. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?
(a) The years between 1980 and 1989.
(b) The years between 1973 and 1985.
(c) The years between 1970 and 1980.
(d) The years between 1990 and 1998.

3. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?
(a) Ramona Newell.
(b) Eugenia McGee.
(c) Rona Doris.
(d) Michelene Marine.

4. How did Trethewey's parents meet?
(a) They were neighbors.
(b) On a protest together.
(c) They were both interning for the same congressman.
(d) In a college literature course.

5. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Personnel director for human resources at the county mental health agency.
(c) Legal clerk.
(d) Court reporter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?

3. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?

4. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?

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

(see the answer key)

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