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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 school did Walker describe her father sending her alone to walk to in Part 1?
(a) Preschool.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Military.
(d) Elementary.

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

3. Louisa bought Walker her first what in Part 2?
(a) Bikini.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Purse.

4. With whom did Bethany live?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister.

5. What race is Rebecca Walker's mother?
(a) African-American.
(b) Caucasion.
(c) Native American.
(d) Latino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were state and local laws in the United States which mandated racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans?

2. What did Walker long to be recognized as in Part 2?

3. What show did Walker describe sneaking into her parents' room to watch in Part 1?

4. For how long did Walker not see her mother after moving with her father in Part 5?

5. What details does Walker describe recalling in vivid detail about her childhood move from the south?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Walker describe Grandma Miriam in Part 1?

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

3. How does Walker describe the beginning of her parents' dissolution of marriage in Part 4?

4. How did Walker's mother change through the 1970s?

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

6. What can be discerned of Walker's parents and the setting she was born into in Part 1?

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

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

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

10. What societal changes had an impact on Walker's parents' marriage?

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