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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the name of the man Gwendolyn brought home to meet Trethewey in Part II?
(a) Gem.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Joel.
(d) Robert.
2. Which great-aunt did Trethewey spend much time with as a child?
(a) Aunt Simone.
(b) Aunt Spiker.
(c) Aunt Sugar.
(d) Aunt Rita.
3. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?
(a) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to push for equal voting rights.
(b) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to highlight Black peoples' right to use public beaches.
(c) A bus boycott in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks on public transportation.
(d) A supermarket protest in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks in shops and restaurants.
4. What word did Trethewey's father use to refer to her in one of his poems?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Octaroon.
(c) Crossbreed.
(d) Puzzle.
5. What popular television show had Trethewey watched all summer in 1973?
(a) I Dream of Genie.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) The Brady Bunch.
(d) The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?
2. What did Gwendolyn wear in her last formal photograph before she was killed?
3. What occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?
4. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
5. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Trethewey want more than anything after moving to Atlanta?
2. When and where did Trethewey first encounter racism from other children?
3. What is one thing Trethewey remembered her mother doing to their apartment in Atlanta to try to make her feel more at home?
4. What occasion did Trethewey's birth also mark in 1966?
5. Why did Trethewey's father want to take her and her mother to Mexico in the 1960s?
6. What was Trethewey's last image of her mother while her mother was living?
7. Why did Trethewey's parents travel to Ohio to elope in 1965?
8. What image did Trethewey keep in her head from the first day after her mother's death?
9. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in her dream in Part I?
10. How long after her mother's death did Trethewey go back to the site of her murder, and why?
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