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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 was Walker elected to one year at summer camp in Part 8?

2. What did Walker do when her friend Lisa came to tell her goodbye in Part 7?

3. In Part 10, Walker describes her relationship with Michael during the first part of her freshman year of high school as what?

4. To what private school did Rebecca switch to in Part 10?

5. Who came to Walker's rescue after a bad drug trip in Part 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad experience did Walker have in Part 9? Who assisted her?

2. Who became Walker's friends at summer camp in Part 8?

3. How did Walker fit in at the Urban School? Who did she most relate to and why?

4. Where did Walker most hang out while living with her father in the Bronx in Part 9? Why?

5. How did Walker and Andrew continue seeing one another in Part 14? What was Walker's experience meeting Andrew's friends like?

6. How does Walker describe the cliquishness at the summer camp in Part 8?

7. When did Walker have an abortion? How does she describe the experience?

8. How does Walker describe her memory in the end of Part 8?

9. What does Walker describe as a result of constantly moving around in her adult life?

10. How did Walker react when she first menstruated in Part 9?

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 and discuss Walker's sexual experimentation in the narrative. At what age did Walker lose her virginity? How did she feel afterward? In what ways did Walker lie to Michael about her experience?

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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