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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?
(a) A birth defect.
(b) An injury from his father.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) An accident in school.

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

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

4. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?
(a) The back of her thigh.
(b) Her right cheek.
(c) Her inner elbow.
(d) Her abdomen.

5. Which university did Trethewey's father attend for graduate school?
(a) New York University.
(b) Tulane.
(c) The Southern College of Atlanta.
(d) Loyloa.

6. Which great-grandmother does Trethewey write about in Part I?
(a) Eugenia McGee.
(b) Michelene Marine.
(c) Rona Doris.
(d) Ramona Newell.

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

8. Where did Trethewey take long walks with her father?
(a) The railroad tracks.
(b) The beach.
(c) The dog park.
(d) The river.

9. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?
(a) Mulatto.
(b) Zebra.
(c) Half-breed.
(d) Nigger.

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

11. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1971.

12. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) What time is it?
(b) How are you doing?
(c) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(d) Can you forgive me?

13. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?
(a) West Atlanta.
(b) South Atlanta.
(c) The Tree House.
(d) Underground Atlanta.

14. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey took from her mother's apartment after her death?
(a) It had sap that was toxic and could render someone temporarily mute.
(b) It had one gorgeous pink flower.
(c) It had properties that could heal burns.
(d) It had properties that could cause hallucinations.

15. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.
(b) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(c) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(d) She talked to her partner about her mother more.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?

3. Where did Trethewey's father complete his graduate studies?

4. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?

5. What John Banville Book does Trethewey begin the book with a quote from?

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