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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the movie based on which Rebecca Walker worked on during summer break in high school in Part 13?
(a) Her mother's play.
(b) Her life.
(c) A famous book.
(d) A t.v. show.

2. What term denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry?
(a) Barcode.
(b) Polka dot.
(c) Smore.
(d) Mulatto.

3. What American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist often credited for having "sparked the neo-soul movement" did Rebecca Walker have an affair with?
(a) Nat King Cole.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Meshell Ndegeocello.
(d) Tupac Shakur.

4. Whose funeral does Walker describe in Part 17?
(a) Grandma Miriam's.
(b) Melissa's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Connie's.

5. In its first year, Third Wave Foundation initiated a campaign that registered over how many new voters across the United States?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 20,000.

6. What was the name of the summer camp Walker attended in Part 8?
(a) Camp Wildwood.
(b) Goose Meadows Camp.
(c) Camp Frog Song.
(d) Fire Lake Camp.

7. When did Walker's father come to San Francisco for the first time?
(a) Walker's marraige.
(b) To hear a speach.
(c) For a family reunion.
(d) Walker's high school graduation.

8. To what private school did Rebecca switch to in Part 10?
(a) The Urban Institute.
(b) The Urban School.
(c) The Urban Acadamy.
(d) The Institute for the Privileged.

9. When the headmaster of the private school school informed Alice and Rebecca Walker on a wrongful assumption that the school offered no financial aid, what did Alice do?
(a) Broke things.
(b) Filed a complaint.
(c) Screamed.
(d) Stormed out.

10. How many black girls were at the summer camp Walker attended in Part 8?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

11. What was the name of Walker's boyfriend's sister whom she befriended in Part 9?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Tina.
(d) Samantha.

12. In order to explain her skin at the new and very non-diverse school in Part 9, Walker claimed to be from where?
(a) Poland.
(b) Romania.
(c) China.
(d) Spain.

13. What did Walker find a stack of while babysitting for a Jewish family in Part 9?
(a) Tires.
(b) Playboy magazines.
(c) Twenty dollar bills.
(d) Old paintings.

14. What grade was Walker beginning in Part 7?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fourth.

15. Walker began to realize in high school that her multicultural background caused her to be perceived as intimidating to whites and what to blacks?
(a) Uninteresting.
(b) Snobby.
(c) Perky.
(d) Untrustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long after leaving did Walker return to Larchmont to visit in Part 9?

3. Michael told Walker in Part 12 that the Urban School brought out the what in her?

4. What new boyfriend did Walker date at her new school in Part 9?

5. Where did Walker describe feeding the monkeys and communing with them in the forests in Part 15?

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