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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 age was Rebecca Walker when she adopted her mother's last name?
2. Alice Walker kept a photograph of a direct relative who was a what?
3. Where did Walker's father live in the beginning of Part 9?
4. Walker failed to inform Michael that all of her friends in New York in Part 12 were what?
5. How long after leaving did Walker return to Larchmont to visit in Part 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Walker have an abortion? How does she describe the experience?
2. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?
3. Where did Walker complete an internship in Part 13? What was her experience there like?
4. What question does Walker answer for a woman with a biracial daughter in Part 16?
5. Where did Walker most hang out while living with her father in the Bronx in Part 9? Why?
6. When did Walker's resentment for her stepmother increase? Why?
7. What does Walker describe as a result of constantly moving around in her adult life?
8. What older friends did Walker encounter in Part 7? How old was she at this time?
9. How did Walker and Andrew continue seeing one another in Part 14? What was Walker's experience meeting Andrew's friends like?
10. Where did Walker attend summer camp in Part 8? Who did she avoid at the camp and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Walker's connection to Anne Frank. In what ways did Walker feel isolated and ostracized as Frank did? Why?
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 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?
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