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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 did Trethewey push back against Joel's violation of her privacy?
(a) She began playing nasty tricks on him.
(b) She told her mother.
(c) She wrote angry things in her diary about him.
(d) She told social services.

2. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Fifth.

3. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Stennie.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Robert.

4. Where did Trethewey go on vacation with her parents in Part I?
(a) Canada.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Mexico.

5. What did Jody tell Trethewey MARTA stood for?
(a) Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
(b) Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta.
(c) Making Ants Run Through Airways.
(d) Making Amends Regarding Tall Alleys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which face is the laughing face in a Janus mask?

2. Why did Trethewey stop doing her hair in Part III?

3. Who came to visit Trethewey and her family for Thanksgiving in Part III?

4. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?

5. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?

(see the answer key)

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