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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 Louisa study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Law.
(d) Geology.

2. What did Walker describe Bethany as when they met again as adults?
(a) A skinhead.
(b) A mother.
(c) A drug addict.
(d) A nun.

3. What is the name of Walker's stepmother?
(a) Sarah Leventhal.
(b) Alice Leventhal.
(c) Judy Leventhal.
(d) Hannah Leventhal.

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

5. When Michael was ill in Part 6, what did Walker offer to make him?
(a) Cough syrup.
(b) Tea.
(c) Soup.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Walker write of failing to develop amongst her friendships due to constantly relocating as a child?

2. Who was Walker's favorite uncle in her childhood?

3. What book so affected Walker that she had nightmares for weeks after reading it in Part 5?

4. Where did Walker move with her mother following her parents' divorce?

5. What did Walker lie about to the neighborhood boy she began going out with in Part 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What boy did Walker like at her new school in Part 4? Who did she tell?

2. How was Walker's relationship with her mother in early adolescence? What insecurities did she have?

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

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

5. When did Walker lose her virginity? How did she feel about it?

6. How did Walker describe feeling around Michael in Part 6?

7. When did Walker first meet her father's second wife? How does she describe this visit?

8. What trip did Bethany and Rebecca Walker take together in Part 5?

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

10. Where did Walker go after leaving Uncle Bobby's in Part 5? How did she feel about this move?

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