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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 surprise did Gwendolyn have for Trethewey in 1973?
(a) She was getting back together with Trethewey's father.
(b) A new house.
(c) A new baby brother.
(d) She was moving back to Mississippi.

2. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?
(a) The Council for Battered Women.
(b) The Women's Resource Center.
(c) The Black Women's Initiative.
(d) The Women Helping Women Center.

3. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?
(a) The car had engine trouble.
(b) The terrible traffic.
(c) The food they ate.
(d) The hotels they stayed at.

4. What was the name of the restaurant Gwendolyn worked at in Atlanta?
(a) Punch.
(b) The Red Room.
(c) The Mine Shaft.
(d) The Factory.

5. What did Joel want to do in Part III that Trethewey was dead set against?
(a) Adopt her.
(b) Move.
(c) Have another child with her mother.
(d) Divorce her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?

2. What song did Trethewey also associate with a video she saw in school warning against the dangers of drug addiction?

3. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?

4. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?

5. What kind of car did Trethewey's father buy to drive the family on vacation in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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