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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 did Walker's cousins refer to some of her habits in Part 5?

2. What is the name of Alice Walker's first novel?

3. Where did Walker purchase a bike in Part 6?

4. What neighborhood boy did Walker develop feelings for in San Francisco in Part 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the narrative style of the memoir. How does Walker describe her past in the opening of the narrative?

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

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

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

6. What does Walker open Part 2 of the book with? What is shared?

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

8. How does Walker describe her first birthday in Part 1? What does she urge the reader to do on their own?

9. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?

10. How was Walker's relationship with her mother in early adolescence? What insecurities did she have?

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 the life and career of Alice Walker. Where was she born? How did she become involved in civil rights activism?

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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