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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 year did Alice Walker win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
2. What friend would Walker often visit after school, whose parents were also biracial in Part 4?
3. What did Walker write of failing to develop amongst her friendships due to constantly relocating as a child?
4. What did Walker's cousins refer to some of her habits in Part 5?
5. For what novel did Rebecca Walker's mother win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Walker describe her first birthday in Part 1? What does she urge the reader to do on their own?
2. Describe the narrative style of the memoir. How does Walker describe her past in the opening of the narrative?
3. Where did Walker go after leaving Uncle Bobby's in Part 5? How did she feel about this move?
4. How did Walker describe her visits to her grandmother's in Part 2?
5. What other relative did Walker describe at Grandma Miriam's house?
6. How did spending time at Uncle Bobby's create a sense of isolation in Walker?
7. What societal changes had an impact on Walker's parents' marriage?
8. How did Walker's mother change through the 1970s?
9. Where does the theme of forced independence arise in the text? How?
10. What did Colleen and Michael admire in Walker? What did she admire of them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe the life and career of Mel Leventhal. What was Walker's father's occupation? What was his relationship like with his daughter?
Essay Topic 3
Define and discuss the theme of racial identity in the memoir. How is racial identity central to the protagonist in her journey for truth?
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