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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 Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) His flag from the army.
(b) Pornographic magazines.
(c) His watch.
(d) His wood carvings.

2. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?
(a) A star fading in the night sky behind Gwendolyn.
(b) A corner of light just behind Gwendolyn's head.
(c) A streak of red at Gwendolyn's shoulder.
(d) A double-negative which makes Gwendolyn look like there are two of her.

3. What did Gwendolyn tell Joel he was mistaken about in the beginning of their phone call in Part V?
(a) That she was moving back in with him.
(b) That Joe was doing better in school.
(c) That she was going to give him another chance.
(d) That Trethewey was going to college.

4. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?
(a) Court reporter.
(b) Legal clerk.
(c) Personnel director for human resources at the county mental health agency.
(d) Accountant.

5. What song did Trethewey remember was playing when she left Mississippi with her mother, even though it probably was not the song that she heard?
(a) Come Back to Me.
(b) Just My Imagination.
(c) Hold My Hand.
(d) Remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Trethewey's father use to refer to her in one of his poems?

2. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?

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

4. What did Trethewey yell when she woke up from her dream in Part I?

5. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?

(see the answer key)

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