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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. How does hindsight make Trethewey see her mother's last portrait?
(a) In a gloomy way.
(b) In a hopeful way.
(c) In a way that brings out anger in Trethewey.
(d) In a way that brings out a peaceful feeling in Trethewey.

2. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?
(a) At the library.
(b) At the women's shelter.
(c) At Trethewey's after-school job.
(d) A football game where Trethewey was cheerleading.

3. Which great-aunt did Trethewey spend much time with as a child?
(a) Aunt Simone.
(b) Aunt Spiker.
(c) Aunt Sugar.
(d) Aunt Rita.

4. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?
(a) Bloody Mary.
(b) Fool's Gold.
(c) Knock out.
(d) Apples to Apples.

5. Where did Trethewey go on a school trip when she was 12?
(a) Washington.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Trethewey live with her mother when they would go visit her father in graduate school?

2. What song did Trethewey remember was playing when she left Mississippi with her mother, even though it probably was not the song that she heard?

3. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?

4. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?

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

(see the answer key)

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