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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Trethewey born?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1966.

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

3. Which famous monument was in sight of the apartment Gwendolyn lived in when she was killed?
(a) Confederacy Hill.
(b) Stonewall Jackson Memorial.
(c) Robert E. Lee Museum.
(d) Stone Mountain.

4. What did Trethewey call the man Gwendolyn brought home for her to meet in Part II?
(a) Big Joe.
(b) Bub.
(c) Mitch.
(d) James.

5. What was the name of Trethewey's grandfather, Gwendolyn's father, who Trethewey never met?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Robert.
(d) Stennie.

6. How old was Gwendolyn when she was killed?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 46.

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

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

9. What years did Trethewey try to forget as much about as she could?
(a) The years between 1990 and 1998.
(b) The years between 1973 and 1985.
(c) The years between 1970 and 1980.
(d) The years between 1980 and 1989.

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

11. What was Atlanta's nickname in the 1960s?
(a) The Melting Pot.
(b) The City Too Busy to Hate.
(c) The City That Welcomes Everyone.
(d) The Eclectic City.

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

13. 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?
(a) Remember.
(b) Come Back to Me.
(c) Just My Imagination.
(d) Hold My Hand.

14. Which aunt's and uncle's house was separated from Trethewey's by the highway?
(a) Sally and Bub.
(b) Lizzie and Son.
(c) Lorna and Barry.
(d) Hattie and Ron.

15. What zodiac sign was Gwendolyn?
(a) Gemini.
(b) Leo.
(c) Sagittarius.
(d) Aquarius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Trethewey remember about her trip to Atlanta with her mother?

2. What did Gwendolyn do to celebrate the completion of her graduate degree?

3. What did Joel tell Trethewey was the reason his feet were deformed?

4. What nightmare did Trethewey have shortly after moving to Atlanta?

5. Where did Trethewey's mother take her at Grant Park as a special treat one weekend?

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