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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?
(a) Buy a new wardrobe.
(b) Open and drink champagne.
(c) Buy a new couch.
(d) Cook lobsters.

2. What was the name of the street Gwendolyn lived on when she was killed?
(a) Memorial Drive.
(b) Wysteria Drive.
(c) Lakelane Drive.
(d) Stone Cold Drive.

3. What was Trethewey's mother's full name?
(a) Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough.
(b) Gwendolyn Lannie Turnbough.
(c) Gwendolyn Stanley Turnbough.
(d) Gwendolyn Laura Turnbough.

4. 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) Nigger.
(c) Zebra.
(d) Half-breed.

5. What name did Trethewey's father assign her in the short stories he wrote?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ilias.
(d) Persephone.

6. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?
(a) When she was 5.
(b) When she was 12.
(c) When she was 16.
(d) When she was 19.

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

8. What popular television show had Trethewey watched all summer in 1973?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) The Dick Van Dyke Show.
(c) I Dream of Genie.
(d) The Brady Bunch.

9. 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) Just My Imagination.
(b) Come Back to Me.
(c) Hold My Hand.
(d) Remember.

10. What experience from Mexico did Trethewey always remember with some trepidation afterwards?
(a) Nearly being kidnapped.
(b) Getting badly sunburned.
(c) A fire in their hotel.
(d) Almost drowning.

11. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) A new book.
(d) A doll.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?

2. What kind of car did Trethewey's father buy to drive the family on vacation in Part I?

3. What was the last image Trethewey had of her mother before Gwendolyn's death?

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

5. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?

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