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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does hindsight make Trethewey see her mother's last portrait?
(a) In a gloomy way.
(b) In a hopeful way.
(c) In a way that brings out anger in Trethewey.
(d) In a way that brings out a peaceful feeling in Trethewey.

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

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

4. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Writing.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Law.

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

6. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?
(a) James.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Bub.
(d) Big Joe.

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

8. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?
(a) A happy memory of her mother dancing at a party.
(b) An angry memory of when Joel hit Trethewey.
(c) A suspicious moment when Trethewey thought Joel was stealing from her mother.
(d) A sad memory of her mother fighting with Joel.

9. In which organization was Trethewey's father once an officer?
(a) The U.S. Coast Guard.
(b) The U.S. Air Force.
(c) The Royal Canadian Navy.
(d) The Royal Canadian Coast Guard.

10. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1950.

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

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

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

14. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(b) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.
(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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time Gwendolyn saw her own father?

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

3. What occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?

4. What was the name of the street Gwendolyn lived on when she was killed?

5. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

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