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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 advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?
(a) To always have a job with which she could support herself.
(b) Never to let a man hit her.
(c) To always have a lipstick in her purse.
(d) Never to marry a man with less education that she had herself.

2. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn was wrong with Trethewey when she left for school in Part III?
(a) She had not eaten breakfast.
(b) Her hair did not look good.
(c) Her pants were too tight.
(d) She looked too tired.

3. What did Joel make Trethewey do before taking her on drives?
(a) Call her grandmother.
(b) Eat.
(c) Pack a suitcase.
(d) Go the bathroom.

4. What nightmare did Trethewey have shortly after moving to Atlanta?
(a) Her father died.
(b) The ground was shaking outside her grandmother's house.
(c) Her mother left her.
(d) She was in a fire.

5. Where did Trethewey take long walks with her father?
(a) The beach.
(b) The river.
(c) The dog park.
(d) The railroad tracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey remember Gwendolyn wearing to work during her first years in Atlanta?

2. What time period did Gwendolyn identify as the beginning of the end of her marriage to Joel?

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

4. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?

5. Which president does Trethewey remember seeing on television in disgrace in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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