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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. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
(a) Scott v. North Carolina.
(b) Loving v. Virginia.
(c) Regis v. Florida.
(d) Stoker v. Georgia.

2. 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) A hole in the center of her forehead.
(c) Blood.
(d) Fear.

3. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?
(a) She visited her best friend the day before her death.
(b) She called Trethewey's half-brother before she died.
(c) She visited a psychic some weeks before her death.
(d) She called Trethewey's grandmother right before she died.

4. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(b) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.
(c) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(d) She talked to her partner about her mother more.

5. What did Trethewey yell when she woke up from her dream in Part I?
(a) No!
(b) I can save you!
(c) Help us!
(d) Fire!

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Trethewey's father die?

3. What happened the year that Trethewey moved to Atlanta with her mother?

4. What did Trethewey's new friend Wendy's father do for a living?

5. Where was Trethewey walking with her mother in her dream in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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