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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) Washington.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.

2. What letters did the medium write on his notepad in front of Trethewey?
(a) BF.
(b) BA.
(c) WF.
(d) NA.

3. Which of the following was one of Trethewey's biggest fears?
(a) Being left by her father.
(b) Being broke.
(c) Being buried alive.
(d) Being embarrassed in class.

4. When was Joel's first attempt to kill Gwendolyn?
(a) Valentine's Day 1984.
(b) Easter, 1983.
(c) Gwendolyn's birthday, 1983.
(d) Thanksgiving, 1984.

5. What grade was Trethewey in the first time she heard her mother being beaten?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey often do when Joel was around at home?

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

3. What did Joel do the year that he finished technical school?

4. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?

5. What happened shortly after Trethewey told Gwendolyn about how Joel tormented her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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