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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 was Trethewey's mother's full name?
(a) Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough.
(b) Gwendolyn Lannie Turnbough.
(c) Gwendolyn Laura Turnbough.
(d) Gwendolyn Stanley Turnbough.

2. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(b) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(c) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(d) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.

3. What does Trethewey still think may have changed the way things ended with Joel and her mother?
(a) If she had told her father about how Joel tormented her.
(b) If she had told her grandmother about Joel's abuse.
(c) If she had told her mother to get a divorce.
(d) If she had told her mother about the way Joel tormented her.

4. How did Trethewey's parents meet?
(a) They were both interning for the same congressman.
(b) In a college literature course.
(c) They were neighbors.
(d) On a protest together.

5. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?
(a) The Civil War and The Gettysburg Address.
(b) The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation and John Wilkes Booth.
(d) The theater and the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?

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

3. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey took from her mother's apartment after her death?

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

5. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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