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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. From where would Walker steal money every day in Part 4?
2. 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?
3. For how long did Walker not see her mother after moving with her father in Part 5?
4. In what year had Alice Walker divorced Rebecca's father?
5. Where was Rebecca Walker born?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Walker lose her virginity? How did she feel about it?
2. What boy did Walker like at her new school in Part 4? Who did she tell?
3. What did Walker admire about her new older friends in San Francisco in Part 6? Who were they?
4. How did Walker describe feeling around Michael in Part 6?
5. What book did Walker read as an adolescent which impacted her greatly? How was her relationship with her stepmother during this time?
6. How does Walker describe her first birthday in Part 1? What does she urge the reader to do on their own?
7. What does Walker describe of her memories of moving to Brooklyn in Part 2?
8. What did Walker imagine Jackie's reaction would be of her home? How does she view her cousins today?
9. How did Walker fit in at the school in Washington, D.C. in Part 5?
10. How does Walker describe the beginning of her parents' dissolution of marriage in Part 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Walker's connection to Anne Frank. In what ways did Walker feel isolated and ostracized as Frank did? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the effects of her parents' divorce on the young Walker. At what age did Rebecca's mother "move into" her bedroom? How did Rebecca understand the tension in her home?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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