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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book so affected Walker that she had nightmares for weeks after reading it in Part 5?
(a) The Doors of Perception.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Diary of Anne Frank.

2. How did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother treat Walker's mother?
(a) Lovingly.
(b) Hatefully.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Adoringly.

3. Walker's father believed that his grandmother did not react to people because of having been traumatized where?
(a) Nazi Germany.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) London, England.
(d) Communist Russia.

4. In Part 1, Walker pictures herself as a baby as the character in a movie or a poem by whom?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Jim Morrison.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Allen Ginsburg.

5. Mel Leventhal's second wife was of what heritage?
(a) African-American.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Thai-American.
(d) Irish American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Walker writes in Part 6 that being around Michael made her feel what?

2. In what year did Rebecca Walker's parents marry?

3. Where did Walker's father and stepmother move in Part 5?

4. Where did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother live?

5. Walker writes that constantly moving requires a certain sort of what?

(see the answer key)

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