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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. As an adult, Walker confesses in Part 10 that she envies whose predictable life?
2. Who guided Walker through many of the milestones in a young woman's life, including her first period?
3. What new boyfriend did Walker date at her new school in Part 9?
4. What does Walker claim all black people desire to have in Part 11?
5. Whose funeral does Walker describe in Part 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Walker most hang out while living with her father in the Bronx in Part 9? Why?
2. What did Walker and her friend Lena do around San Francisco in Part 7 for fun?
3. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?
4. How did Walker and Andrew continue seeing one another in Part 14? What was Walker's experience meeting Andrew's friends like?
5. How did Walker fit in at the Urban School? Who did she most relate to and why?
6. Where did Walker choose to attend high school in Part 10? What did she experience there?
7. When did Walker have an abortion? How does she describe the experience?
8. What older friends did Walker encounter in Part 7? How old was she at this time?
9. How does Walker describe the cliquishness at the summer camp in Part 8?
10. How does Walker describe her inner war and rhythm in Part 11?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the life and career of Mel Leventhal. What was Walker's father's occupation? What was his relationship like with his daughter?
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