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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 119 - 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Trethewey and her mother move after her parents separated?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Miami.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What name did Trethewey use with the medium?
(a) Lorna.
(b) Betty.
(c) Sally.
(d) Cassandra.

3. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Robert.
(c) Stennie.
(d) Ralph.

4. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?
(a) She had more dreams about her mother in a few weeks than she had in decades.
(b) She had to take a leave of absence from work.
(c) She talked to her partner about her mother more.
(d) She had to call her grandmother for comfort.

5. What dream did Trethewey have recurring by the time she was in fourth grade?
(a) Someone was in her room, but she could not move or speak.
(b) She was buried alive.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) She was told to go live with her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Gwendolyn get a job in the early years she and Trethewey were in Atlanta?

4. Where did Trethewey's father complete his graduate studies?

5. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?

(see the answer key)

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