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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's father host in the house because he had to stay home to protect this family from a threat by the Klan in Part 1?
(a) Thanksgiving dinner.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A poker night.
(d) A bachelor party.

2. How many children did Walker's uncle Bobby have?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. What details does Walker describe recalling in vivid detail about her childhood move from the south?
(a) Packing.
(b) Getting tape in her hair.
(c) The long drive.
(d) The truck breaking down.

4. Walker notes in Part 3 that her mother had many what decorations in their home?
(a) Multicultural.
(b) Flashy.
(c) Woven.
(d) Wooden.

5. Where did Walker write of bathing for the last time with her father in Part 3?
(a) In the jacuzzi.
(b) In the tub.
(c) In the sink.
(d) In the pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rebecca Walker move with her mother in Part 5?

2. What school play did Walker want to be a part of in Part 5 but found she failed to gain acceptance from the black girls that appeared to be running the show?

3. What is the name of Walker's stepmother?

4. On Rebecca Walker's first birthday, her mother fed her two of her favorite foods, chitterlings and what?

5. When Michael was ill in Part 6, what did Walker offer to make him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Walker describe her uncle Jackie? What did she appreciate about him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Walker wonder about her family connections in Part 2?

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

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