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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 41 - 82).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Trethewey's mother's full name?
(a) Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough.
(b) Gwendolyn Laura Turnbough.
(c) Gwendolyn Lannie Turnbough.
(d) Gwendolyn Stanley Turnbough.

2. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?
(a) An accident in school.
(b) An injury from his father.
(c) A birth defect.
(d) Vietnam.

3. What is written on the back of a photograph of Trethewey from her family's vacation to Mexico?
(a) Tasha, Monterrey, 1969.
(b) Tasha, Los Lobos, 1956.
(c) Tasha, Mexico City, 1965.
(d) Tasha, Cancun, 1950.

4. Which face is the laughing face in a Janus mask?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Thalia.
(c) Leah.
(d) Persephone.

5. Where did Trethewey's mother take her at Grant Park as a special treat one weekend?
(a) The museum.
(b) The carousel.
(c) The amusement park.
(d) The zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song did Trethewey remember was playing when she left Mississippi with her mother, even though it probably was not the song that she heard?

2. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?

3. What word did Trethewey's father use to refer to her in one of his poems?

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

5. What popular television show had Trethewey watched all summer in 1973?

(see the answer key)

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