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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. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?
(a) The photographers pushing open the door to the apartment building.
(b) Blood on the stairwell.
(c) A bullet hole in the wall of her bedroom.
(d) Young children playing around the crime tape.

2. What did Atlanta gain a reputation for during the civil rights era?
(a) Being racially progressive.
(b) Having a strong court system.
(c) Rioting.
(d) Bringing out people from all walks of life to protest.

3. How long after Gwendolyn's death did Trethewey go back to the place she was murdered?
(a) Almost 15 years.
(b) Almost 10 years.
(c) Almost 20 years.
(d) Almost 30 years.

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

5. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?
(a) The Tree House.
(b) South Atlanta.
(c) Underground Atlanta.
(d) West Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?

3. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?

4. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?

5. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What monument was very close to the apartment where Trethewey's mother was killed?

2. What did Trethewey want more than anything after moving to Atlanta?

3. What name did Trethewey's father bestow on her in his fiction writing and why is it significant?

4. What nightmare did Trethewey have shortly after moving to Atlanta?

5. Why did Gwendolyn not see her father after about age 16?

6. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in her dream in Part I?

7. When and where did Trethewey first encounter racism from other children?

8. Why did Gwendolyn's paternal grandmother, Narcissus, dislike Gwendolyn's mother?

9. What pain did Trethewey's grandmother describe long after Gwendolyn had died?

10. Why did Trethewey's father encourage her to become a writer?

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