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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. Where did Walker purchase a bike in Part 6?

2. What boy did Walker develop a crush on at her new school in Part 4?

3. What did Walker long to be recognized as in Part 2?

4. Who did Walker realize her mother never visited in Part 3?

5. What teacher blamed Walker's black features for her failure to perform in Part 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What societal changes had an impact on Walker's parents' marriage?

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

4. Where does the theme of forced independence arise in the text? How?

5. Why did Walker most relate to her uncle Jackie?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Rebecca Walker's relationships with her mother's family and with her father's. Did Walker feel as though she fit in more with her white family or her black family? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the area of the Bronx where Walker and her mother relocated in Part 4. How does Walker describe the neighborhood and apartment in comparison to her Brooklyn home with her father? How did she cope with the transition?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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