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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 did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) Pornographic magazines.
(b) His wood carvings.
(c) His flag from the army.
(d) His watch.

2. What did Joel do to violate Trethewey's privacy in Part III?
(a) Read her diary.
(b) Listened in on her phone calls.
(c) Barged in on her in the shower.
(d) Came into her room without knocking.

3. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Miami.
(d) Biloxi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?

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

3. What was the name of Trethewey's grandmother's mother-in-law?

4. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn was wrong with Trethewey when she left for school in Part III?

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

(see the answer key)

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