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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 Part 1, Walker pictures herself as a baby as the character in a movie or a poem by whom?

2. Who was Walker's favorite uncle in her childhood?

3. What did Walker admire about Michael which symbolized his freedom to her?

4. Where did Walker and Michael make love for the first time in Part 6?

5. How does Walker describe her father's skin in Part 3 in comparison with her own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Walker describe her visits to her grandmother's in Part 2?

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

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

5. How does Walker describe the beginning of her parents' dissolution of marriage in Part 4?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Walker imagine Jackie's reaction would be of her home? How does she view her cousins today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting established in Part 1 of the narrative. How difficult was it in 1969 to grow up biracial in Jackson, Mississippi? What impact did this have on the author?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Walker's relationships with Colleen and Michael in the narrative. How old was Walker when she formed these friendships? What did Walker admire about her new older friends?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the life and career of Mel Leventhal. What was Walker's father's occupation? What was his relationship like with his daughter?

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