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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey took from her mother's apartment after her death?

2. What kind of car did the man Gwendolyn introduced Trethewey to in Part II drive?

3. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?

4. Which great-aunt did Trethewey spend much time with as a child?

5. Where was Trethewey walking with her mother in her dream in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nightmare did Trethewey have shortly after moving to Atlanta?

2. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in her dream in Part I?

3. Why did the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross in the driveway of Trethewey's grandmother's house in the 1960s?

4. What was unusual about the plant Trethewey saved after her mother's death?

5. When and where did Trethewey first encounter racism from other children?

6. What was Trethewey's last image of her mother while her mother was living?

7. Why did Trethewey's father want to take her and her mother to Mexico in the 1960s?

8. What did Trethewey want more than anything after moving to Atlanta?

9. What monument was very close to the apartment where Trethewey's mother was killed?

10. Why did Gwendolyn not see her father after about age 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which extended family members of Trethewey's were most influential in her early life and upbringing, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What did Trethewey think about her mother's decision to visit a psychic weeks before her death? Why did Trethewey herself decide to visit a medium as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What did Trethewey learn from the pages of her mother's notes that were in Gwendolyn's briefcase at the time of Gwendolyn's death in 1985? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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