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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 white boy did Walker befriend in high school who she describes as having "acted black"?

2. What term denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry?

3. Michael told Walker in Part 12 that the Urban School brought out the what in her?

4. What American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist often credited for having "sparked the neo-soul movement" did Rebecca Walker have an affair with?

5. What did Walker and her friends refer to the richest and snobbiest of the girls at summer camp in Part 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Walker describe her inner war and rhythm in Part 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the style and major themes in Walker's work as well as her other achievements and biographical history. What impact did Walker's childhood environment play on her work?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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