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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What month did the medium ask Trethewey about the significance of towards the end of their session?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) June.

3. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The park.
(c) The Interstate 285.
(d) Ice cream.

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

5. What was the first thing Trethewey noticed about the medium?
(a) He had a British accent.
(b) He was very old.
(c) He moved with a limp.
(d) He was very young.

6. When did Trethewey's father die?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2012.

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

8. What name did Trethewey use with the medium?
(a) Betty.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Sally.
(d) Lorna.

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

10. What did Joel do to torment Gwendolyn on a regular basis?
(a) Woke her up in the middle of the night for "discussions."
(b) Called her friends to say embarrassing things.
(c) Called her mother to threaten her.
(d) Told her he would kick Trethewey out of the house.

11. What did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) His wood carvings.
(b) His watch.
(c) Pornographic magazines.
(d) His flag from the army.

12. In what month did Gwendolyn's divorce from Joel become final?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) February.

13. Who did Trethewey confide in about her mother being abused by Joel in Part III?
(a) Mr. Biggs.
(b) Mrs. Messick.
(c) Mr. Roger.
(d) Ms. Hiway.

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

15. Why did Trethewey stop doing her hair in Part III?
(a) Joel would not give her money for hair products.
(b) Joel used her hairbrush and left grease and dandruff in it.
(c) Joel told her he would cut if off if it looked like it did.
(d) Gwendolyn would not pay for Trethewey to get her hair cut at a salon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey fear would happen to Gwendolyn after she talked back to Joel on her behalf in Part III?

2. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?

3. What was one way Trethewey thought the medium might try to find information about her?

4. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?

5. Why did Trethewey say so little to the medium as far as small talk?

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