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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 did Trethewey go on a school trip when she was 12?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Washington.
(d) New York City.

2. What happened the year that Trethewey moved to Atlanta with her mother?
(a) Aunt Sugar died.
(b) Her grandfather died.
(c) The Confederate monument on Stone Mountain was completed.
(d) Her grandmother died.

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

4. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?
(a) The Council for Battered Women.
(b) The Women's Resource Center.
(c) The Women Helping Women Center.
(d) The Black Women's Initiative.

5. Which months did the medium say he thought were significant to Trethewey at the beginning of the session?
(a) January and August.
(b) August and September.
(c) March and April.
(d) April and June.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing the medium did when Trethewey and her friend got there?

2. What did Joel do to torment Gwendolyn on a regular basis?

3. What song did Trethewey also associate with a video she saw in school warning against the dangers of drug addiction?

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

5. What did some of the staff at the family shelter say to Gwendolyn when she first got there with her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Trethewey go out of her way to avoid in Atlanta when she moved there as an adult?

2. What did Gwendolyn write was the result of her marriage counseling for her?

3. What happened after Gwendolyn told Joel Trethewey knew he was beating her?

4. In what way was Trethewey careful about how she answered the medium's questions?

5. What did Gwendolyn write was the impetus for Joel's first death threat against her?

6. How long was it before Trethewey had a chance to read her mother's notes that were taken from her briefcase by the police?

7. Why did Gwendolyn write in her notes that her marriage to Joel had happened in the first place?

8. What did Trethewey consider about the medium's words to her after she listened back to the recording of their session?

9. What news did Trethewey share with Gwendolyn and Joel that prompted Gwendolyn to stand up for her?

10. What did Trethewey tell her mother when Gwendolyn told her Joel wanted to adopt her?

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