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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 occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?
(a) The fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The Fifth anniversary of the March on Washington.
(c) The eightieth anniversary of the Tulsa massacre.
(d) The hundredth anniversary of Mississippi's Confederate Memorial Day.

2. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(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 had to take a leave of absence from work.

3. What did Trethewey use to mark her path home from the creek and golf course?
(a) Stones.
(b) Breadcrumbs.
(c) Birdseed.
(d) Wood chips.

4. What play did Trethewey act the lead in in grade school?
(a) The Smart Hipster.
(b) The Three Witches.
(c) The Reluctant Dragon.
(d) The Santa Mouse.

5. What surprise did Gwendolyn have for Trethewey in 1973?
(a) A new baby brother.
(b) She was moving back to Mississippi.
(c) A new house.
(d) She was getting back together with Trethewey's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Trethewey's husband?

2. What kind of disposition did Trethewey have as a child?

3. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?

4. What song did Trethewey also associate with a video she saw in school warning against the dangers of drug addiction?

5. What kind of car did the man Gwendolyn introduced Trethewey to in Part II drive?

(see the answer key)

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