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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. How long did Trethewey go to therapy with Joel before she realized she wanted to end the marriage?
(a) Two months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

2. What did Trethewey often do when Joel was around at home?
(a) Go to the basement.
(b) Retreat to her room.
(c) Go to the library.
(d) Go to a friend's house.

3. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?
(a) She called Trethewey's half-brother before she died.
(b) She visited her best friend the day before her death.
(c) She called Trethewey's grandmother right before she died.
(d) She visited a psychic some weeks before her death.

4. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?
(a) A box of uncashed checks from her mother's job.
(b) A set of architectural plans she had made for a house she wanted to build herself.
(c) A cassette tape of her voice.
(d) A box of pictures of her with Trethewey's father.

5. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?
(a) He stole a car.
(b) He robbed a bank.
(c) He skipped bail.
(d) He tried to kill Gwendolyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Gwendolyn's divorce from Joel become final?

2. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?

3. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?

4. What song became Trethewey's anthem in Part III?

5. What was Gwendolyn's job title in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gwendolyn give Trethewey that provided a "crucial outlet" for her (106)?

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

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

4. How did Trethewey learn to figure out whether Joel was in the house or not in Part III?

5. What did Gwendolyn write was one of Joel's favorite things to do to torment her?

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

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

8. What was Trethewey's first impression of the medium she visited?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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