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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 the name of Trethewey's grandmother's mother-in-law?
(a) Marzipan.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Narcissus.
(d) Persephone.

2. What profession did Trethewey's father pursue?
(a) Carpentry.
(b) Writing.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

3. In what year was Trethewey's mother born?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1944.

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

5. Which of the following images did Trethewey remember seeing the morning after her mother's death?
(a) Blood on the stairwell.
(b) The photographers pushing open the door to the apartment building.
(c) A bullet hole in the wall of her bedroom.
(d) Young children playing around the crime tape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of car did Trethewey's father buy to drive the family on vacation in Part I?

3. What question did Trethewey's mother ask her in Part I in her dream?

4. WHat did the Ku Klux Klan do to terrorize Trethewey's grandmother in the 1960s?

5. How did Trethewey and her mother often get around the city in New Orleans?

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