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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Walker's paternal grandmother gave her a generous allowance for what?
(a) Roller skates.
(b) Dolls.
(c) A hula hoop.
(d) Television.

3. Where did Rebecca Walker move with her mother in Part 5?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Reno.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What is the name of Rebecca Walker's mother?
(a) Jennifer Walker.
(b) Shannon Walker.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Melissa Walker.

5. What did Walker write of failing to develop amongst her friendships due to constantly relocating as a child?
(a) Trust.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Rapport.

6. What show did Walker describe sneaking into her parents' room to watch in Part 1?
(a) Johnny Carson.
(b) The Loveboat.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) C.H.I.P.S.

7. For what novel did Rebecca Walker's mother win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
(a) The Fishy Smell.
(b) The Clanging Sound.
(c) The Rough Touch.
(d) The Color Purple.

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

9. Who did Rebecca Walker's mother hire to take Rebecca shopping as a child?
(a) Neighborhood girls.
(b) The boy next door.
(c) Old women.
(d) The mailman.

10. Walker's favorite uncle in Part 3 married an outsider who was what?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Black.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Hispanic.

11. Walker writes in Part 6 that being around Michael made her feel what?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Womanly.

12. Where was Alice Walker born?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Frankfurt, Kentucky.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Eatonton, Georgia.

13. When was Walker's book To be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

14. What does Walker describe as an illusive part of herself which exists higher than intellect?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Soul.
(c) Brain.
(d) Angel.

15. What kind of building did Mel Leventhal live in with his second wife?
(a) An office building.
(b) A country cottage.
(c) A high-rise.
(d) A brownstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother?

2. What occupation did Rebecca Walker's father hold?

3. What teacher blamed Walker's black features for her failure to perform in Part 5?

4. What friend of Walker's in San Francisco was a pretty white model?

5. What was Rebecca Walker's aunt unable to do with Walker's hair in Part 5?

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