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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 happened shortly after Trethewey told Gwendolyn about how Joel tormented her?
(a) Gwendolyn told Trethewey she needed to get a job.
(b) Gwendolyn sent Trethewey to live with her father.
(c) Gwendolyn sent Trethewey to live with her grandmother.
(d) Gwendolyn put her plan in place to leave Joel.

2. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?
(a) Always joyful and joking.
(b) Superstitious and anxious.
(c) Calm and relaxed.
(d) Angry and brooding.

3. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?
(a) A box of pictures of her with Trethewey's father.
(b) A cassette tape of her voice.
(c) A box of uncashed checks from her mother's job.
(d) A set of architectural plans she had made for a house she wanted to build herself.

4. What name did Trethewey's father assign her in the short stories he wrote?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Ilias.
(c) Athena.
(d) Persephone.

5. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?
(a) Her inner elbow.
(b) Her right cheek.
(c) Her abdomen.
(d) The back of her thigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Trethewey's mother's full name?

2. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?

3. What was Gwendolyn's job title in Part III?

4. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?

5. What was the first thing Trethewey noticed about the medium?

(see the answer key)

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