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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 83 - 114).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Trethewey's parents meet?
(a) On a protest together.
(b) In a college literature course.
(c) They were neighbors.
(d) They were both interning for the same congressman.

2. Where did Trethewey go on vacation with her parents in Part I?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Mexico.
(c) France.
(d) Canada.

3. Who was Trethewey's fifth-grade teacher?
(a) Mr. Ardmore.
(b) Mrs. Messick.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mr. Helio.

4. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Legal clerk.
(c) Personnel director for human resources at the county mental health agency.
(d) Court reporter.

5. How did Trethewey and her mother often get around the city in New Orleans?
(a) On foot.
(b) By bus.
(c) By train.
(d) By streetcar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?

2. What did Trethewey see on her mother's face in her dream in Part I that related to her mother's death?

3. What protest did Trethewey's grandmother join in 1963?

4. Which Union Army leader did Trethewey admire in grade school?

5. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?

(see the answer key)

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