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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 159 - 212).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn tell Joel was a sign of how bad she felt when she was with him?
(a) She never slept through the night.
(b) She had to take anti-depressants.
(c) Her coworkers had expressed concern about her.
(d) She lost a lot of weight and had digestive problems.

2. What was wrong in the official record of Gwendolyn's death?
(a) The manner of death.
(b) The date.
(c) The person who killed her.
(d) The city she was killed in.

3. What did Joel want to do in Part III that Trethewey was dead set against?
(a) Divorce her mother.
(b) Move.
(c) Have another child with her mother.
(d) Adopt her.

4. Which magazine published pictures of Emmett Till after his brutal death in 1955?
(a) Ebony.
(b) Black Quarterly.
(c) Fusion.
(d) Jet.

5. What phrase did Trethewey overhear in Part III that she did not understand the meaning of at first?
(a) Racism.
(b) White flight.
(c) Subdivison.
(d) Mortgage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joel do the year that he finished technical school?

2. Why did Trethewey decide to go to a medium herself in Part IV?

3. What club did Trethewey want to join in Part III in school?

4. What did Joel tell Gwendolyn during their last phone conversation about what her choices were with him?

5. What phrase did the lettering on Gwendolyn's briefcase make Trethewey think of at the police station in Part V?

(see the answer key)

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