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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 119 - 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday song makes Trethewey feel both joy and grief that she associates with her mother?
(a) All I Want for Christmas is You.
(b) Feliz Navidad.
(c) White Christmas.
(d) This Christmas.

2. What dream did Trethewey have recurring by the time she was in fourth grade?
(a) Someone was in her room, but she could not move or speak.
(b) She was told to go live with her father.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) She was buried alive.

3. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?
(a) To the movies.
(b) Interstate 285.
(c) To the park.
(d) For ice cream.

4. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?
(a) He stole a car.
(b) He tried to kill Gwendolyn.
(c) He skipped bail.
(d) He robbed a bank.

5. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?
(a) She called Trethewey's half-brother before she died.
(b) She visited her best friend the day before her death.
(c) She visited a psychic some weeks before her death.
(d) She called Trethewey's grandmother right before she died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people did Trethewey's grandmother house in the 1960s, which raised the ire of the Ku Klux Klan?

2. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?

3. What did Trethewey's mother do in the new apartment in Part II to make her feel more at home?

4. What surprise did Gwendolyn have for Trethewey in 1973?

5. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?

(see the answer key)

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