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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. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?
(a) Always joyful and joking.
(b) Angry and brooding.
(c) Superstitious and anxious.
(d) Calm and relaxed.

2. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?
(a) Big Joe.
(b) James.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Bub.

3. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?
(a) Writing.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

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

5. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?
(a) Tasha, Mexico City, 1965.
(b) Tasha, Monterrey, 1969.
(c) Tasha, Cancun, 1950.
(d) Tasha, Los Lobos, 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which face is the laughing face in a Janus mask?

2. What song became Trethewey's anthem in Part III?

3. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?

4. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?

5. What did Jody tell Trethewey MARTA stood for?

(see the answer key)

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