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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?
(a) At the library.
(b) At Trethewey's after-school job.
(c) A football game where Trethewey was cheerleading.
(d) At the women's shelter.

2. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the park.
(c) For ice cream.
(d) Interstate 285.

3. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?
(a) Nancy Drew.
(b) Encyclopedia Brown.
(c) Midsummer Murders.
(d) The Hardy Boys.

4. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?
(a) She called Trethewey's grandmother right before she died.
(b) She visited a psychic some weeks before her death.
(c) She called Trethewey's half-brother before she died.
(d) She visited her best friend the day before her death.

5. Who came to visit Trethewey and her family for Thanksgiving in Part III?
(a) Her half-sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her Aunt Sugar.

6. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Messick.
(b) Mr. Helio.
(c) Mr. Ardmore.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

7. What did Gwendolyn get for Trethewey that empowered her at the beginning in Part III?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A diary.
(c) A record player.
(d) A library card.

8. When did Gwendolyn start doing more things socially and for herself?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

9. What did Jody tell Trethewey MARTA stood for?
(a) Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta.
(b) Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
(c) Making Ants Run Through Airways.
(d) Making Amends Regarding Tall Alleys.

10. Which individual helped Gwendolyn at the Council for Battered Women?
(a) Rena Bishop.
(b) Jennifer Jason.
(c) Marley Hartford.
(d) Hattie Bedford.

11. What did Trethewey often do when Joel was around at home?
(a) Retreat to her room.
(b) Go to a friend's house.
(c) Go to the basement.
(d) Go to the library.

12. What did Trethewey's new friend Wendy's father do for a living?
(a) Landscaper.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Pilot.

13. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?
(a) The theater and the Civil War.
(b) The Civil War and The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation and John Wilkes Booth.

14. What song became Trethewey's anthem in Part III?
(a) I Will Survive.
(b) I am Woman.
(c) Dream a Little Dream of Me.
(d) The Impossible Dream.

15. What phrase did Trethewey overhear in Part III that she did not understand the meaning of at first?
(a) Mortgage.
(b) Racism.
(c) White flight.
(d) Subdivison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Gwendolyn's divorce from Joel become final?

2. What club did Trethewey want to join in Part III in school?

3. What did some of the staff at the family shelter say to Gwendolyn when she first got there with her children?

4. What song did Trethewey also associate with a video she saw in school warning against the dangers of drug addiction?

5. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?

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