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

2. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(b) How are you doing?
(c) Can you forgive me?
(d) What time is it?

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

4. What song became Trethewey's anthem in Part III?
(a) I Will Survive.
(b) Dream a Little Dream of Me.
(c) I am Woman.
(d) The Impossible Dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn get for Trethewey that empowered her at the beginning in Part III?

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

3. What was Gwendolyn's job title in Part III?

4. Who came to visit Trethewey and her family for Thanksgiving in Part III?

5. What imaginary name did Trethewey give to herself in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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