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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. In Part 10, Walker describes her relationship with Michael during the first part of her freshman year of high school as what?
(a) On again off again.
(b) Shy and awkward.
(c) Hot and heavy.
(d) Loving and eternal.

2. What did Alice Walker blame for her daughter's attitude in Part 10?
(a) Her obnoxious brother.
(b) Her angry father.
(c) Her permissive stepmother.
(d) Her womanizing uncle.

3. What did Walker do when her friend Lisa came to tell her goodbye in Part 7?
(a) Asked Lisa to come with her.
(b) Didn't answer the door.
(c) Wept loudly.
(d) Hugged her goodbye.

4. What was the name of Walker's boyfriend's sister whom she befriended in Part 9?
(a) Tina.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Roberta.

5. What is the name of the crew-person Walker begins dating while working on a film in Part 13?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Andrew.
(c) James.
(d) Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Walker bond with the closest when attending the private high school she entered in Part 11?

2. Where did Walker move after spending two years in Larchmont in Part 10?

3. Walker began to realize in high school that her multicultural background caused her to be perceived as intimidating to whites and what to blacks?

4. What was Walker elected to one year at summer camp in Part 8?

5. Who guided Walker through many of the milestones in a young woman's life, including her first period?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Walker fit in at the Urban School? Who did she most relate to and why?

2. How had Walker changed when she returned to live with her mother in Part 10? Why?

3. What question does Walker answer for a woman with a biracial daughter in Part 16?

4. What memory does Walker close the book with? How does she feel in conclusion?

5. What did Walker and her friend Lena do around San Francisco in Part 7 for fun?

6. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?

7. How does Walker describe her memory in the end of Part 8?

8. Where did Walker apply to school after having an abortion? How did her mother assist her?

9. Who suggested Walker go to Planned Parenthood in Part 7? Why?

10. Where did Walker attend summer camp in Part 8? Who did she avoid at the camp and why?

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