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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 did Trethewey hear her mother telling Joel about the idea of him adopting her?
2. Who did Trethewey confide in about her mother being abused by Joel in Part III?
3. What did Gwendolyn write in her own notes about the reasons she married Joel in the first place?
4. Which Union Army leader did Trethewey admire in grade school?
5. What did Trethewey's new friend Wendy's father do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Gwendolyn write in her notes that her marriage to Joel had happened in the first place?
2. Why did Gwendolyn decline an invitation to Jimmy Carter's inaugural ball?
3. What news did Trethewey share with Gwendolyn and Joel that prompted Gwendolyn to stand up for her?
4. What does Trethewey wonder about what might have changed the course of hers and her mother's lives in Part III?
5. In what way was Trethewey careful about how she answered the medium's questions?
6. What did Mrs. Messick tell Trethewey's mother about how she was doing in school?
7. What did Gwendolyn write about the problems between Trethewey and Joel?
8. What was Trethewey's first impression of the medium she visited?
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 did Gwendolyn write was the impetus for Joel's first death threat against her?
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
How and when did Threthewey begin to feel more separated from her mother and her mother's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support 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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