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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Trethewey push back against Joel's violation of her privacy?
(a) She wrote angry things in her diary about him.
(b) She told social services.
(c) She told her mother.
(d) She began playing nasty tricks on him.

2. Where did Joel often take Trethewey on their drives?
(a) To the park.
(b) Interstate 285.
(c) To the movies.
(d) For ice cream.

3. What was one way Trethewey thought the medium might try to find information about her?
(a) Searching her name online.
(b) Calling her family and asking questions.
(c) Reading her facial expressions.
(d) Following her secretly.

4. Who was Trethewey's friend Jody's sister?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Claire.
(d) Marcia.

5. What was Joel's pet phrase to Gwendolyn?
(a) You don't wear the pants.
(b) I can't trust you.
(c) I am the breadwinner.
(d) You are worthless.

6. Which famous mystery books did Trethewey like in Part III?
(a) Nancy Drew.
(b) Encyclopedia Brown.
(c) The Hardy Boys.
(d) Midsummer Murders.

7. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?
(a) A cassette tape of her voice.
(b) A box of pictures of her with Trethewey's father.
(c) A box of uncashed checks from her mother's job.
(d) A set of architectural plans she had made for a house she wanted to build herself.

8. What did Trethewey hallucinate home from school with a high fever one day?
(a) That Joel died.
(b) That filth fell onto her from her ceiling.
(c) That her father died.
(d) That her mother died.

9. What does Trethewey still think may have changed the way things ended with Joel and her mother?
(a) If she had told her mother to get a divorce.
(b) If she had told her mother about the way Joel tormented her.
(c) If she had told her father about how Joel tormented her.
(d) If she had told her grandmother about Joel's abuse.

10. What was the first thing Trethewey noticed about the medium?
(a) He was very young.
(b) He moved with a limp.
(c) He was very old.
(d) He had a British accent.

11. What was Gwendolyn's job title in Part III?
(a) Personnel Director, Georgia Retardation Center.
(b) Personnel Director, Rapid Transit Authority.
(c) Manager, Macy's.
(d) Manager, Atlanta Public Library.

12. What month did the medium ask Trethewey about the significance of towards the end of their session?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) July.

13. Why did Trethewey say so little to the medium as far as small talk?
(a) She did not want her friend to think she really believed in the psychic.
(b) She did not want to give away personal information about herself so he could use it to pretend someone was trying to contact her from the afterlife.
(c) She was naturally very shy.
(d) She thought if she did not say much she might not have to pay him for the session.

14. What play did Trethewey act the lead in in grade school?
(a) The Three Witches.
(b) The Smart Hipster.
(c) The Santa Mouse.
(d) The Reluctant Dragon.

15. Who did the medium tell Trethewey was communicating with him from her family?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What imaginary name did Trethewey give to herself in Part III?

2. Which Union Army leader did Trethewey admire in grade school?

3. What letters did the medium write on his notepad in front of Trethewey?

4. What is one of the few clues Trethewey had about Gwendolyn's last days?

5. What dream did Trethewey have recurring by the time she was in fourth grade?

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