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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. Where is Trethewey's distinctive birthmark?
(a) Her inner elbow.
(b) The back of her thigh.
(c) Her right cheek.
(d) Her abdomen.

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

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

4. What did some children call Trethewey during a visit to New Orleans that was her first real experience of racism from other children?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Mulatto.
(c) Half-breed.
(d) Nigger.

5. What did Gwendolyn bring home as a reward for Trethewey's good grades in Part II?
(a) A new book.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Trethewey born?

2. What occasion did Trethewey's birth coincide with?

3. What experience from Mexico did Trethewey always remember with some trepidation afterwards?

4. What moment from Part II did Trethewey recall at her mother's funeral?

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

(see the answer key)

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