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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 the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Hung a noose in her tree.
(b) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(c) Followed her in their trucks.
(d) Shot at her house.

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

3. What was Joel's pet phrase to Gwendolyn?
(a) I am the breadwinner.
(b) I can't trust you.
(c) You don't wear the pants.
(d) You are worthless.

4. Where did Trethewey's grandmother tell her she still felt pain sometimes after Gwendolyn was dead?
(a) Her wrist.
(b) Her forehead.
(c) Her own navel.
(d) Her ankle.

5. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn tell Joel he was mistaken about in the beginning of their phone call in Part V?

2. Who did the medium tell Trethewey was communicating with him from her family?

3. How long after Gwendolyn's death did Trethewey go back to the place she was murdered?

4. What does Trethewey still think may have changed the way things ended with Joel and her mother?

5. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?

(see the answer key)

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