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

2. What kind of plant did Trethewey take from Gwendolyn's apartment in Part I after she was killed?

3. What zodiac sign was Gwendolyn?

4. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?

5. Which university did Trethewey's father attend for graduate school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one thing Trethewey remembered her mother doing to their apartment in Atlanta to try to make her feel more at home?

2. How long after her mother's death did Trethewey go back to the site of her murder, and why?

3. What did Trethewey remember fearing about her drives around Atlanta with Joel?

4. What image did Trethewey keep in her head from the first day after her mother's death?

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

6. What name did Trethewey's father bestow on her in his fiction writing and why is it significant?

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

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

9. What pain did Trethewey's grandmother describe long after Gwendolyn had died?

10. What occasion did Trethewey's birth also mark in 1966?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Trethewey react the first time she heard Joel beating her mother? Who did she confide in, and what happened afterwards? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What were Trethewey's mother's and grandmother's experiences with the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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

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