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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What friend of Rebecca Walker's did she travel around the city by bus with in fifth grade?
2. What book so affected Walker that she had nightmares for weeks after reading it in Part 5?
3. Where did Walker write of bathing for the last time with her father in Part 3?
4. When was Walker's book To be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism published?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe some of the tender moments of Walker's early childhood. What kind things did her parents do for her?
2. What other relative did Walker describe at Grandma Miriam's house?
3. How was Walker's relationship with her mother in early adolescence? What insecurities did she have?
4. Where did Walker go after leaving Uncle Bobby's in Part 5? How did she feel about this move?
5. How did Walker choose a bike? Who almost stole it in Part 6?
6. What did Colleen and Michael admire in Walker? What did she admire of them?
7. How did Walker avoid uncomfortable feelings around her extended family?
8. Where does the theme of forced independence arise in the text? How?
9. How did Walker's mother change through the 1970s?
10. When did Walker first meet her father's second wife? How does she describe this visit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and identify the narrative voice, tense and style of the memoir in Part 1. In what person is the narrative written?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Walker's first move to San Francisco and the friendships she formed there. How old was Walker at this time?
Essay Topic 3
Define and identify symbolism, metaphor and simile in the narrative. How are symbolism and imagery connected to theme? What is symbolic in Walker's retelling of her last bath with her father?
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