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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. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?
(a) Her inner elbow.
(b) Her right cheek.
(c) The back of her thigh.
(d) Her abdomen.

2. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Hung a noose in her tree.
(b) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(c) Followed her in their trucks.
(d) Shot at her house.

3. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?
(a) The food they ate.
(b) The hotels they stayed at.
(c) The terrible traffic.
(d) The car had engine trouble.

4. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?
(a) A supermarket protest in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks in shops and restaurants.
(b) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to push for equal voting rights.
(c) A protest led by Black citizens in Biloxi to highlight Black peoples' right to use public beaches.
(d) A bus boycott in Biloxi to protest for equal treatment for Blacks on public transportation.

5. What kind of jewelry does Trethewey wear in the picture of herself and her mother the year they left Mississippi?
(a) Gold earrings.
(b) A necklace with her name spelled out.
(c) A heart locket.
(d) A pearl ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?

2. WHat was the one reminder of Gwendolyn's father in the house she grew up in?

3. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

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

5. Which Supreme Court case ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasion did Trethewey's birth also mark in 1966?

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

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 was Trethewey's last image of her mother while her mother was living?

5. What did Trethewey begin to notice when she was out as a child with each of her parents?

6. What did Trethewey remember most clearly about leaving Mississippi for Atlanta in 1972?

7. What image did Trethewey keep in her head from the first day after her mother's death?

8. Why did it take longer than it might have for Trethewey to realize her father and mother had separated?

9. What does the photograph from May 1974 make plain to Trethewey when she looks at it now?

10. Why did Trethewey's parents travel to Ohio to elope in 1965?

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