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

2. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Messick.
(c) Mr. Ardmore.
(d) Mr. Helio.

3. What name did Trethewey use with the medium?
(a) Lorna.
(b) Sally.
(c) Betty.
(d) Cassandra.

4. What dream did Trethewey have recurring by the time she was in fourth grade?
(a) She was told to go live with her father.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) Someone was in her room, but she could not move or speak.
(d) She was buried alive.

5. What did Joel do the year that he finished technical school?
(a) Moved to Mississippi.
(b) Divorced Gwendolyn.
(c) Got arrested for drug possession.
(d) Started his own HVAC business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trethewey still think may have changed the way things ended with Joel and her mother?

2. What was Joel's pet phrase to Gwendolyn?

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

4. Who did the medium tell Trethewey was communicating with him from her family?

5. What did Trethewey hear her mother telling Joel about the idea of him adopting her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Mrs. Messick tell Trethewey's mother about how she was doing in school?

7. Why did Gwendolyn admonish Trethewey about her hair in Part III?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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