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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 83 - 114).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gwendolyn visit a few weeks before she was killed?
(a) A psychic.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) An old friend from high school.
(d) A priest.

2. What phrase did Trethewey overhear in Part III that she did not understand the meaning of at first?
(a) Mortgage.
(b) Racism.
(c) Subdivison.
(d) White flight.

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

4. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?
(a) When she was 5.
(b) When she was 19.
(c) When she was 12.
(d) When she was 16.

5. What nightmare did Trethewey have shortly after moving to Atlanta?
(a) The ground was shaking outside her grandmother's house.
(b) Her mother left her.
(c) Her father died.
(d) She was in a fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?

3. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?

4. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

5. What kind of jewelry does Trethewey wear in the picture of herself and her mother the year they left Mississippi?

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