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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 was the name of the restaurant Gwendolyn worked at in Atlanta?
(a) Punch.
(b) The Mine Shaft.
(c) The Red Room.
(d) The Factory.

2. What did Atlanta gain a reputation for during the civil rights era?
(a) Rioting.
(b) Having a strong court system.
(c) Being racially progressive.
(d) Bringing out people from all walks of life to protest.

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

4. Where did Trethewey live with her mother when they would go visit her father in graduate school?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Savannah, Georgia.
(c) Biloxi. Mississippi.
(d) Gulfport, Mississippi.

5. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?
(a) A suspicious moment when Trethewey thought Joel was stealing from her mother.
(b) A sad memory of her mother fighting with Joel.
(c) An angry memory of when Joel hit Trethewey.
(d) A happy memory of her mother dancing at a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?

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

3. What did Gwendolyn wear in her last formal photograph before she was killed?

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

5. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?

(see the answer key)

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