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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. What was Trethewey's favorite afternoon snack when she was a senior in high school?
(a) Cake.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Cheese and bread.

2. What is the name of the school Trethewey attended in fifth grade?
(a) Clifton Elementary.
(b) Robert E. Lee Elementary.
(c) Rose Elementary.
(d) Wilson Elementary.

3. What did Joel want to do in Part III that Trethewey was dead set against?
(a) Divorce her mother.
(b) Have another child with her mother.
(c) Adopt her.
(d) Move.

4. What did Joel do to torment Gwendolyn on a regular basis?
(a) Woke her up in the middle of the night for "discussions."
(b) Called her friends to say embarrassing things.
(c) Called her mother to threaten her.
(d) Told her he would kick Trethewey out of the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?

3. What did Gwendolyn write about Joel's feelings towards Trethewey?

4. Who came to visit Trethewey and her family for Thanksgiving in Part III?

5. What did Trethewey fear would happen to Gwendolyn after she talked back to Joel on her behalf in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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