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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two things Trethewey knew about Abraham Lincoln in elementary school?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation and John Wilkes Booth.
(b) The Civil War and The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The theater and the Civil War.
(d) The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.

2. Which months did the medium say he thought were significant to Trethewey at the beginning of the session?
(a) January and August.
(b) August and September.
(c) April and June.
(d) March and April.

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

4. Why did Trethewey decide to go to a medium herself in Part IV?
(a) She wanted to hear about her own future.
(b) She went with a friend of hers for moral support.
(c) She wanted to prove that the medium was a fraud.
(d) She wanted to get some idea of what her mother experienced herself with a psychic, and she wanted to see if her mother would contact her.

5. What organization helped Gwendolyn when she was trying to leave Joel?
(a) The Black Women's Initiative.
(b) The Women Helping Women Center.
(c) The Council for Battered Women.
(d) The Women's Resource Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Trethewey say so little to the medium as far as small talk?

2. What did Joel tell his therapist years later about coming to see Tretheway in Part IV?

3. What did Gwendolyn write in her own notes about the reasons she married Joel in the first place?

4. What song became Trethewey's anthem in Part III?

5. What did Trethewey find five years after her mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joel do that used to make Trethewey sob with fear and anxiety in Part III?

2. What did Gwendolyn write was the result of her marriage counseling for her?

3. How did Trethewey learn to figure out whether Joel was in the house or not in Part III?

4. Why did Gwendolyn write in her notes that her marriage to Joel had happened in the first place?

5. What did the medium tell Trethewey he was getting a specific strong vibe about?

6. What happened after Trethewey's "rational mind" took over when considering what the medium had told her (129)?

7. In what way was Trethewey careful about how she answered the medium's questions?

8. What did Gwendolyn give Trethewey that provided a "crucial outlet" for her (106)?

9. What did Mrs. Messick tell Trethewey's mother about how she was doing in school?

10. How long was it before Trethewey had a chance to read her mother's notes that were taken from her briefcase by the police?

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