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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Walker elected to one year at summer camp in Part 8?
(a) Flute captain.
(b) Band captain.
(c) Sing captain.
(d) Marching captain.

2. Where did Walker describe feeding the monkeys and communing with them in the forests in Part 15?
(a) Quito.
(b) Bali.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) New Dehli.

3. Where would Walker buy cigarettes and go smoke them in Part 7 with her friend?
(a) The Russian District.
(b) Japantown.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Little Cambodia.

4. What did Walker advise for a mother about preparing her own biracial daughter for the real world in Part 14?
(a) Hide her away.
(b) Tell the truth.
(c) Attend services at church.
(d) Teach her well.

5. Alice Walker kept a photograph of a direct relative who was a what?
(a) Shop keeper.
(b) Slave.
(c) Army General.
(d) Slave owner.

6. How old was Rebecca Walker when she switched schools in Part 10?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

7. Where did Walker go to live at the end of sixth grade?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Boston.

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

9. When was Rebecca Walker elected as president of her high school class?
(a) Eleventh grade.
(b) Ninth grade.
(c) Twelfth grade.
(d) Tenth grade.

10. What age was Rebecca Walker when she adopted her mother's last name?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 23.
(d) 22.

11. Where did Walker's friend suggest they go for birth control in Part 7?
(a) A seminar.
(b) Planned Parenthood.
(c) The county building.
(d) The drug store.

12. As a result of the varied people and occurrences in her life, Walker closes the memoir by saying that she refuses to do what?
(a) Wear any scarf.
(b) Wear any hat.
(c) Wear any mask.
(d) Wear any jacket.

13. Where did Rebecca Walker graduate from college?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Mississippi State.

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

15. As an adult, Walker confesses in Part 10 that she envies whose predictable life?
(a) Her co-worker's.
(b) Her stepsister's.
(c) Her neighbor's.
(d) Her mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What white boy did Walker befriend in high school who she describes as having "acted black"?

2. What was the name of Walker's boyfriend's sister whom she befriended in Part 9?

3. The crew-person whom Walker begins dating in Part 13 is also what?

4. In order to explain her skin at the new and very non-diverse school in Part 9, Walker claimed to be from where?

5. What was the movie based on which Rebecca Walker worked on during summer break in high school in Part 13?

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