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

2. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?

3. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?

4. Where did Joel show up to see Trethewey shortly after Gwendolyn left him?

5. What did Trethewey show her new friends that was a secret of Joel's in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened after Gwendolyn told Joel Trethewey knew he was beating her?

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

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

5. How long was it before Trethewey had a chance to read her mother's notes that were taken from her briefcase by the police?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What do the few objects Trethewey kept after her mother's death - the belt made of bullets, the dieffenbachia plant, and a few books - say about her relationship with and feelings about her mother? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the sources of Trethewey's anxiety in childhood, and what were some of her coping mechanisms for anxiety? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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