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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 Stanley Turnbough.
(b) Gwendolyn Laura Turnbough.
(c) Gwendolyn Lannie Turnbough.
(d) Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough.

2. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?
(a) Followed her in their trucks.
(b) Shot at her house.
(c) Burned a cross in her driveway.
(d) Hung a noose in her tree.

3. Which family that Trethewey and her family befriended reminded her of the Jackson Five?
(a) The Lindels.
(b) The Dunns.
(c) The Swingles.
(d) The Moores.

4. What did Trethewey's father always tell her she would become when she grew up?
(a) A writer.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A teacher.

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

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 did Atlanta gain a reputation for during the civil rights era?

3. What John Banville Book does Trethewey begin the book with a quote from?

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

5. What happened to Trethewey when she first set out to start writing about her mother?

(see the answer key)

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