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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 did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?
(a) A birth defect.
(b) An accident in school.
(c) An injury from his father.
(d) Vietnam.

2. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?
(a) Cook lobsters.
(b) Buy a new wardrobe.
(c) Buy a new couch.
(d) Open and drink champagne.

3. What was the name of Trethewey's grandmother's mother-in-law?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Narcissus.
(c) Marzipan.
(d) Hattie.

4. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?
(a) A writer.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An astronaut.

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 happy memory of her mother dancing at a party.
(c) An angry memory of when Joel hit Trethewey.
(d) A sad memory of her mother fighting with Joel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Trethewey's father assign her in the short stories he wrote?

2. Which family that Trethewey and her family befriended reminded her of the Jackson Five?

3. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?

4. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?

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

(see the answer key)

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