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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend of Walker's in San Francisco was a pretty white model?
(a) Jennie.
(b) Kimberly.
(c) Katie.
(d) Lisa.

2. How many children did Walker's uncle Bobby have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

3. After how many nights did Alice Walker leave Washington, D.C. in Part 5?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. How many memoirs has Rebecca Walker written?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

5. What were state and local laws in the United States which mandated racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) Seperation of Chuch and State.
(c) Murphy's law.
(d) Roe vs. Wade.

6. Walker's favorite uncle growing up was whose brother?
(a) Her grandfather's.
(b) Her father's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her grandmother's.

7. What did Colleen refer to Michael as when warning Walker in Part 6?
(a) A rapist.
(b) A player.
(c) Husband material.
(d) A womanizer.

8. In what year did Alice Walker win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

9. What was Rebecca Walker's aunt unable to do with Walker's hair in Part 5?
(a) Beehive it.
(b) Cornrow it.
(c) Dreadlock it.
(d) Braid it.

10. What did Walker long to be recognized as in Part 2?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) A woman.
(d) Jewish.

11. Where did Alice Walker graduate from college?
(a) Sarah Lawrence College.
(b) Stanford.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) Harvard.

12. Where did Louisa take Walker to "rescue" her from the city in Part 2?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Long Island.

13. From where would Walker steal money every day in Part 4?
(a) Her best friend's purse.
(b) Her mother's purse.
(c) Her sister's backback.
(d) Her father's wallet.

14. How did Walker react to her parents' fighting in Part 2?
(a) Vandalism.
(b) Crying.
(c) Hiding.
(d) Yelling.

15. Alice Walker was the youngest of how many children?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of building did Mel Leventhal live in with his second wife?

2. What friend would Walker often visit after school, whose parents were also biracial in Part 4?

3. In what class play did Walker land a lead role in Part 4?

4. What did Louisa study?

5. With whom did Bethany live?

(see the answer keys)

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