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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 move after spending two years in Larchmont in Part 10?

2. What was the name of the summer camp Walker attended in Part 8?

3. Whose funeral does Walker describe in Part 17?

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

5. Walker writes in Part 8 that she realizes her parents raised her to expect what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Walker and her friend Lena do around San Francisco in Part 7 for fun?

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

3. Where did Walker choose to attend high school in Part 10? What did she experience there?

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

5. How had Walker changed when she returned to live with her mother in Part 10? Why?

6. Who does Walker write of envying in Part 10? Why?

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

8. When did Walker's resentment for her stepmother increase? Why?

9. What memory does Walker close the book with? How does she feel in conclusion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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