View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the medium tell Trethewey was communicating with him from her family?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. In what month did Gwendolyn's divorce from Joel become final?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) July.
(d) February.

3. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?
(a) The Hardy Boys.
(b) Midsummer Murders.
(c) Nancy Drew.
(d) Encyclopedia Brown.

4. What did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) His watch.
(b) His flag from the army.
(c) Pornographic magazines.
(d) His wood carvings.

5. Why did Trethewey say so little to the medium as far as small talk?
(a) She was naturally very shy.
(b) She did not want her friend to think she really believed in the psychic.
(c) She did not want to give away personal information about herself so he could use it to pretend someone was trying to contact her from the afterlife.
(d) She thought if she did not say much she might not have to pay him for the session.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?

2. What holiday song makes Trethewey feel both joy and grief that she associates with her mother?

3. What did Gwendolyn tell Trethewey to do the day they were going to move out and she left Joel?

4. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?

5. What did Trethewey avoid when she moved back to Atlanta as an adult more than a decade after her mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn do just weeks before her death that Trethewey revealed in Part IV?

2. What did Gwendolyn write about the problems between Trethewey and Joel?

3. What happened after Trethewey's "rational mind" took over when considering what the medium had told her (129)?

4. What does Trethewey wonder about what might have changed the course of hers and her mother's lives in Part III?

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

6. What did the medium tell Trethewey he was getting a specific strong vibe about?

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

8. Why did Gwendolyn decline an invitation to Jimmy Carter's inaugural ball?

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

10. Who did Trethewey confide in about hearing Joel beat her mother, and how did that person react?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 783 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample