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

2. What did Joel tell his therapist years later about coming to see Tretheway in Part IV?
(a) He wanted to see her one last time before he killed himself.
(b) He wanted to pass a message to her mother through her.
(c) He wanted to kill her then, but she spoke kindly to him, so he did not.
(d) He did not remember going to see her that night.

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

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

5. What did Trethewey fear would happen to Gwendolyn after she talked back to Joel on her behalf in Part III?
(a) Joel would call the police and tell lies about them.
(b) Joel would leave Gwendolyn.
(c) Joel would beat Gwendolyn.
(d) Joel would beat Trethewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?

2. What did Gwendolyn write in her own notes about the reasons she married Joel in the first place?

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

4. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?

5. What month did the medium ask Trethewey about the significance of towards the end of their session?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Trethewey tell her mother when Gwendolyn told her Joel wanted to adopt her?

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

7. What did Joel do that used to make Trethewey sob with fear and anxiety in Part III?

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

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. 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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