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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. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1982.

2. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?
(a) Half-breed.
(b) Zebra.
(c) Nigger.
(d) Mulatto.

3. What was Trethewey's mother's full name?
(a) Gwendolyn Lannie Turnbough.
(b) Gwendolyn Laura Turnbough.
(c) Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough.
(d) Gwendolyn Stanley Turnbough.

4. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?
(a) A streak of red at Gwendolyn's shoulder.
(b) A corner of light just behind Gwendolyn's head.
(c) A star fading in the night sky behind Gwendolyn.
(d) A double-negative which makes Gwendolyn look like there are two of her.

5. What did Trethewey remember Gwendolyn wearing to work during her first years in Atlanta?
(a) A kimono.
(b) A heavy brass bullet belt.
(c) A colorful wrap around her hair.
(d) A short black cocktail dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last image Trethewey had of her mother before Gwendolyn's death?

2. 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?

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

4. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?

5. Where was Trethewey walking with her mother in her dream in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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