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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 game did Trethewey sometimes play with her friend Dede?
(a) Knock out.
(b) Apples to Apples.
(c) Bloody Mary.
(d) Fool's Gold.

2. Which group of people did Trethewey's grandmother house in the 1960s, which raised the ire of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) The Quakers.
(b) The Revers.
(c) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(d) The Mennonites.

3. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?
(a) Can you forgive me?
(b) Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?
(c) How are you doing?
(d) What time is it?

4. What is a strange feature of the last formal portrait of Gwendolyn?
(a) A corner of light just behind Gwendolyn's head.
(b) A streak of red at Gwendolyn's shoulder.
(c) A double-negative which makes Gwendolyn look like there are two of her.
(d) A star fading in the night sky behind Gwendolyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What truth did the photograph of Trethewey with her family from 1974 make clear, according to her?

2. What job did Gwendolyn hold at the time of her death?

3. Which writer wrote, "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware?"

4. Which famous monument was in sight of the apartment Gwendolyn lived in when she was killed?

5. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?

(see the answer key)

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