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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. For what novel did Rebecca Walker's mother win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
(a) The Clanging Sound.
(b) The Fishy Smell.
(c) The Rough Touch.
(d) The Color Purple.

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

3. What show did Walker describe sneaking into her parents' room to watch in Part 1?
(a) C.H.I.P.S.
(b) Johnny Carson.
(c) The Loveboat.
(d) I Love Lucy.

4. How many memoirs has Rebecca Walker written?
(a) 14.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

5. How did Walker's paternal grandmother treat Walker in her childhood?
(a) Punished her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Neglected her.
(d) Spoiled her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group describes itself as "a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities"?

2. Where did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother live?

3. What race is Rebecca Walker's mother?

4. What friend of Rebecca Walker's did she travel around the city by bus with in fifth grade?

5. What did Louisa study?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Walker avoid uncomfortable feelings around her extended family?

4. What did Colleen and Michael admire in Walker? What did she admire of them?

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

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

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

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

9. How did spending time at Uncle Bobby's create a sense of isolation in Walker?

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

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