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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. In what class play did Walker land a lead role in Part 4?

2. Where did Walker's family move after leaving the south?

3. After how many nights did Alice Walker leave Washington, D.C. in Part 5?

4. When was Walker first teased for not being "black enough" in Part 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?

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

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

4. What book did Walker read as an adolescent which impacted her greatly? How was her relationship with her stepmother during this time?

5. How does Walker describe her parents' relationship in retrospect in Part 4?

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

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

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

9. How does Walker describe her first birthday in Part 1? What does she urge the reader to do on their own?

10. Describe the narrative style of the memoir. How does Walker describe her past in the opening of the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of racism and isolation in the narrative. From what age did Rebecca Walker feel like an outsider? How did she react to feeling uncomfortable around her paternal family?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the shifting cultural climate Walker experienced in her youth. In what ways did the civil rights movement change after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.? How were interracial couples viewed by the advocates of Black Power?

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