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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's friend suggest they go for birth control in Part 7?

2. What did Walker find a stack of while babysitting for a Jewish family in Part 9?

3. Where did Walker's father relocate the family in Part 9?

4. What new best friend did Walker meet at camp in Part 8?

5. Walker writes that constantly moving requires a certain sort of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Walker complete an internship in Part 13? What was her experience there like?

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

7. Who suggested Walker go to Planned Parenthood in Part 7? Why?

8. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Walker's first move to San Francisco and the friendships she formed there. How old was Walker at this time?

Essay Topic 3

Define and identify symbolism, metaphor and simile in the narrative. How are symbolism and imagery connected to theme? What is symbolic in Walker's retelling of her last bath with her father?

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