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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walker lie about to the neighborhood boy she began going out with in Part 6?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her race.

2. What school did Walker describe her father sending her alone to walk to in Part 1?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Preschool.
(c) Elementary.
(d) Military.

3. What show did Walker describe sneaking into her parents' room to watch in Part 1?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) The Loveboat.
(c) C.H.I.P.S.
(d) Johnny Carson.

4. What did Walker long to be recognized as in Part 2?
(a) White.
(b) A woman.
(c) Black.
(d) Jewish.

5. How many memoirs has Rebecca Walker written?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

6. Where did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother live?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

7. In what year had Alice Walker divorced Rebecca's father?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1975.

8. Walker writes in Part 3 that her favorite uncle was not afraid to do what, as opposed to the rest of her Jewish family?
(a) Touch her.
(b) Go camping.
(c) Speak to her.
(d) Go hunting.

9. What details does Walker describe recalling in vivid detail about her childhood move from the south?
(a) The long drive.
(b) Getting tape in her hair.
(c) Packing.
(d) The truck breaking down.

10. Where was Rebecca Walker born?
(a) Miami, Florida.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

11. What teacher blamed Walker's black features for her failure to perform in Part 5?
(a) Her ballet teacher.
(b) Her math teacher.
(c) Her english teacher.
(d) Her science teacher.

12. What did Louisa study?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Geology.

13. Walker's favorite uncle in Part 3 married an outsider who was what?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Black.
(d) Jewish.

14. With whom did Bethany live?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

15. Where did Rebecca Walker move with her mother in Part 5?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Reno.
(d) Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where would Walker steal money every day in Part 4?

2. What did Walker's cousins refer to some of her habits in Part 5?

3. Within how much time after Walker first met her did Mel Leventhal's second wife move in with him?

4. What occupation did Rebecca Walker's father hold?

5. To whom did Rebecca Walker write letters in Part 2 in addition to her babysitter?

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