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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joel do the year that he finished technical school?
(a) Divorced Gwendolyn.
(b) Moved to Mississippi.
(c) Started his own HVAC business.
(d) Got arrested for drug possession.

2. What did some of the staff at the family shelter say to Gwendolyn when she first got there with her children?
(a) She would need to move out as soon as possible.
(b) She looked to young to be there.
(c) She looked like she needed to eat.
(d) She made more money than they did.

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

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

5. What was the first thing the medium did when Trethewey and her friend got there?
(a) Offer to make them tea.
(b) Ask for them to come out on the balcony.
(c) Ask for them to pay him.
(d) Offer to get them an alcoholic drink.

6. What was Trethewey's favorite afternoon snack when she was a senior in high school?
(a) Cake.
(b) Cheese and bread.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Cookies.

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

8. What did Gwendolyn tell Trethewey to do the day they were going to move out and she left Joel?
(a) To skip school.
(b) To meet her at the shelter later that day.
(c) To put everything she wanted to take at the front of her closet and stacked on her dresser.
(d) To meet her around the corner from the hotel.

9. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?
(a) That Joel died.
(b) That her father died.
(c) That her mother died.
(d) That filth fell onto her from her ceiling.

10. What did Trethewey fear would happen to Gwendolyn after she talked back to Joel on her behalf in Part III?
(a) Joel would beat Trethewey.
(b) Joel would call the police and tell lies about them.
(c) Joel would beat Gwendolyn.
(d) Joel would leave Gwendolyn.

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

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

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

14. How long did Trethewey go to therapy with Joel before she realized she wanted to end the marriage?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

15. What friend did Trethewey visit the medium with?
(a) Lindel.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Bernice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Trethewey decide to go to a medium herself in Part IV?

2. How did Trethewey push back against Joel's violation of her privacy?

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

4. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?

5. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?

(see the answer keys)

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