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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Miami.
(d) New Orleans.

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

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

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

6. Which group of people did Trethewey's grandmother house in the 1960s, which raised the ire of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) The Revers.
(b) The Mennonites.
(c) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(d) The Quakers.

7. 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.

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

9. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?
(a) Blood on the stairwell.
(b) Young children playing around the crime tape.
(c) The photographers pushing open the door to the apartment building.
(d) A bullet hole in the wall of her bedroom.

10. Where did Trethewey's mother take her at Grant Park as a special treat one weekend?
(a) The museum.
(b) The amusement park.
(c) The carousel.
(d) The zoo.

11. What did Trethewey remember Gwendolyn wearing to work during her first years in Atlanta?
(a) A heavy brass bullet belt.
(b) A colorful wrap around her hair.
(c) A short black cocktail dress.
(d) A kimono.

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

13. What was the last image Trethewey had of her mother before Gwendolyn's death?
(a) A photo her father took.
(b) A formal portrait.
(c) A photo her younger brother took.
(d) A painting by a friend.

14. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?
(a) The years between 1973 and 1985.
(b) The years between 1980 and 1989.
(c) The years between 1990 and 1998.
(d) The years between 1970 and 1980.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Trethewey born?

2. In what year was Trethewey born?

3. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

4. What was Atlanta's nickname in the 1960s?

5. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?

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