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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 school did Walker describe her father sending her alone to walk to in Part 1?

2. When was Walker's book To be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism published?

3. What did Colleen refer to Michael as when warning Walker in Part 6?

4. What kind of building did Mel Leventhal live in with his second wife?

5. What did Rebecca Walker's mother move into her daughter's bedroom in Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What trip did Bethany and Rebecca Walker take together in Part 5?

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

4. Describe some of the tender moments of Walker's early childhood. What kind things did her parents do for her?

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

6. How did Walker choose a bike? Who almost stole it in Part 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Walker's move to Washington, D.C. How was D.C. different than the previous places Walker had lived? Why did she feel unable to fit into the largely African-American school?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify the narrative voice, tense and style of the memoir in Part 1. In what person is the narrative written?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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