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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. Why did Trethewey say so little to the medium as far as small talk?
(a) She did not want to give away personal information about herself so he could use it to pretend someone was trying to contact her from the afterlife.
(b) She did not want her friend to think she really believed in the psychic.
(c) She thought if she did not say much she might not have to pay him for the session.
(d) She was naturally very shy.

2. What did Gwendolyn tell Joel when he protested to Trethewey wanted to join a club in school?
(a) Trethewey would ask her father's permission before joining the club.
(b) Trethewey would join the club if she could pay for the fees herself.
(c) Trethewey would do whatever she wanted.
(d) Trethewey would not join the club.

3. Which months did the medium say he thought were significant to Trethewey at the beginning of the session?
(a) January and August.
(b) March and April.
(c) August and September.
(d) April and June.

4. What phrase did Trethewey overhear in Part III that she did not understand the meaning of at first?
(a) Racism.
(b) Mortgage.
(c) Subdivison.
(d) White flight.

5. What did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?
(a) Pornographic magazines.
(b) His flag from the army.
(c) His wood carvings.
(d) His watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Trethewey use with the medium?

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

3. When did Gwendolyn start doing more things socially and for herself?

4. Why was Joel tried and convicted in 1983?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What did Trethewey consider about the medium's words to her after she listened back to the recording of their session?

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

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

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

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

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

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