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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walker admire about Michael which symbolized his freedom to her?
(a) His apartment.
(b) His car.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His motorcycle.

2. Where did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother live?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan.

3. What friend of Rebecca Walker's did she travel around the city by bus with in fifth grade?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Brittney.
(d) Brianna.

4. On Rebecca Walker's first birthday, her mother fed her two of her favorite foods, chitterlings and what?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Macaroons.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Lemon pie.

5. What was the name of the childhood babysitter Rebecca wrote to in Part 2?
(a) Suzy.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Mabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alice Walker graduate from college?

2. Who stood up for Walker when two girls tried to steal her bike in Part 6?

3. Where was Walker's father mugged in Part 2?

4. When was the Black Panther Party established?

5. What school did Walker describe her father sending her alone to walk to in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Walker fit in at the school in Washington, D.C. in Part 5?

2. What symbolic depiction does Walker paint of her father in Part 3?

3. Who is Rebecca Walker's mother? How is she depicted in the memoir?

4. What does Walker open Part 2 of the book with? What is shared?

5. What did Walker admire about her new older friends in San Francisco in Part 6? Who were they?

6. Why did Walker most relate to her uncle Jackie?

7. What does Walker describe of her memories of moving to Brooklyn in Part 2?

8. What did Walker realize about her mother and her uncle Jackie in Part 3?

9. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?

10. What did Walker imagine Jackie's reaction would be of her home? How does she view her cousins today?

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