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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
(a) Stoker v. Georgia.
(b) Regis v. Florida.
(c) Loving v. Virginia.
(d) Scott v. North Carolina.

3. Which aunt's and uncle's house was separated from Trethewey's by the highway?
(a) Hattie and Ron.
(b) Lorna and Barry.
(c) Lizzie and Son.
(d) Sally and Bub.

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

5. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Followed her in their trucks.
(b) Shot at her house.
(c) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(d) Hung a noose in her tree.

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

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

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

9. Where was Trethewey born?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

10. What truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?
(a) She missed her grandfather terribly.
(b) She had already started to separate herself from her mother's new life.
(c) She missed her father terribly.
(d) She felt like an awkward child.

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

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

13. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An astronaut.

14. 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.

15. What was the name of the restaurant Gwendolyn worked at in Atlanta?
(a) The Mine Shaft.
(b) The Red Room.
(c) The Factory.
(d) Punch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?

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

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

4. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?

5. Which famous monument was in sight of the apartment Gwendolyn lived in when she was killed?

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