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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's mother take her and Michael after Rebecca underwent a surgical procedure in Part 10?
2. When was Rebecca Walker elected as president of her high school class?
3. Where did Walker move after spending two years in Larchmont in Part 10?
4. Where did Walker describe feeding the monkeys and communing with them in the forests in Part 15?
5. What newest friend of Walker's in Part 7 introduced Walker to wild parties where they experimented with marijuana and alcohol?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who suggested Walker go to Planned Parenthood in Part 7? Why?
2. When did Walker have an abortion? How does she describe the experience?
3. What older friends did Walker encounter in Part 7? How old was she at this time?
4. What did Walker and her friend Lena do around San Francisco in Part 7 for fun?
5. How did Walker react when she first menstruated in Part 9?
6. Where did Walker choose to attend high school in Part 10? What did she experience there?
7. How does Walker describe her memory in the end of Part 8?
8. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?
9. Who does Walker write of envying in Part 10? Why?
10. Where did Walker apply to school after having an abortion? How did her mother assist her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of racism and isolation in the narrative. From what age did Rebecca Walker feel like an outsider? How did she react to feeling uncomfortable around her paternal family?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe the life and career of Alice Walker. Where was she born? How did she become involved in civil rights activism?
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