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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 did Joel tell his therapist years later about coming to see Tretheway in Part IV?
(a) He wanted to kill her then, but she spoke kindly to him, so he did not.
(b) He wanted to pass a message to her mother through her.
(c) He wanted to see her one last time before he killed himself.
(d) He did not remember going to see her that night.

2. What friend did Trethewey visit the medium with?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Lindel.
(d) Bernice.

3. What did some of the staff at the family shelter say to Gwendolyn when she first got there with her children?
(a) She would need to move out as soon as possible.
(b) She looked like she needed to eat.
(c) She made more money than they did.
(d) She looked to young to be there.

4. What did Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?
(a) Anger.
(b) Blood.
(c) A hole in the center of her forehead.
(d) Fear.

5. Which writer wrote, "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware?"
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Emer Friednly.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Martin Buber.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?

3. What was Trethewey's favorite afternoon snack when she was a senior in high school?

4. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

5. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?

(see the answer key)

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