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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Trethewey often go on Saturday outings with her mother in Part II?
(a) The clothing stores.
(b) The ice cream shop.
(c) The library.
(d) The fire house.

2. Where did Trethewey's father complete his graduate studies?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York City.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Atlanta.

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

4. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Lenny.
(c) Stennie.
(d) Robert.

5. Where did Trethewey go on vacation with her parents in Part I?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

6. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?
(a) Joel.
(b) Gem.
(c) Robert.
(d) Aaron.

7. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?
(a) Bloody Mary.
(b) Apples to Apples.
(c) Knock out.
(d) Fool's Gold.

8. What was Atlanta's nickname in the 1960s?
(a) The City Too Busy to Hate.
(b) The City That Welcomes Everyone.
(c) The Eclectic City.
(d) The Melting Pot.

9. What zodiac sign was Gwendolyn?
(a) Sagittarius.
(b) Gemini.
(c) Aquarius.
(d) Leo.

10. Where was Trethewey walking with her mother in her dream in Part I?
(a) The park in Mississippi.
(b) Their old yard.
(c) The park in New Orleans.
(d) An oval track.

11. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?
(a) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to push for equal voting rights.
(b) A supermarket protest in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks in shops and restaurants.
(c) A bus boycott in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks on public transportation.
(d) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to highlight Black peoples' right to use public beaches.

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

13. What kind of plant did Trethewey take from Gwendolyn's apartment in Part I after she was killed?
(a) A hydrangea.
(b) A basil plant.
(c) A dieffenbachia.
(d) A bonsai.

14. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?
(a) One of his hats which always hung on a peg.
(b) A charcoal drawing of him.
(c) An oil painting of him.
(d) A photo of him.

15. What did Trethewey's mother do in the new apartment in Part II to make her feel more at home?
(a) Let her choose her own paint.
(b) Decorate a space under the stairs for her.
(c) Help her learn how to cook.
(d) Line the shelves with books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which face is the laughing face in a Janus mask?

2. Where did Trethewey take long walks with her father?

3. What advice did Trethewey's great aunt give her when she was still a child?

4. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?

5. Where did Trethewey live with her mother when they would go visit her father in graduate school?

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