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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to explain her skin at the new and very non-diverse school in Part 9, Walker claimed to be from where?
(a) China.
(b) Spain.
(c) Poland.
(d) Romania.

2. Where did Walker's father relocate the family in Part 9?
(a) Larchmont.
(b) Aurora.
(c) Hastings.
(d) Columbus.

3. The student body at Rebecca Walker's private high school was largely what?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Latino.
(d) Black.

4. What college-age counselor at the summer camp defended Walker's right to be a captain in Part 8?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Mary.

5. Who guided Walker through many of the milestones in a young woman's life, including her first period?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Judy.
(d) Mary.

6. Where would Walker buy cigarettes and go smoke them in Part 7 with her friend?
(a) Little Cambodia.
(b) Japantown.
(c) The Russian District.
(d) Chinatown.

7. What term denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry?
(a) Smore.
(b) Barcode.
(c) Polka dot.
(d) Mulatto.

8. What white boy did Walker befriend in high school who she describes as having "acted black"?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Mark.
(c) Kyle.
(d) Victor.

9. When did Walker's father come to San Francisco for the first time?
(a) Walker's marraige.
(b) To hear a speach.
(c) For a family reunion.
(d) Walker's high school graduation.

10. In its first year, Third Wave Foundation initiated a campaign that registered over how many new voters across the United States?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

11. How old was Rebecca Walker when she switched schools in Part 10?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

12. Whose funeral does Walker describe in Part 17?
(a) Connie's.
(b) Melissa's.
(c) Grandma Miriam's.
(d) Her mother's.

13. In Part 10, Walker describes her relationship with Michael during the first part of her freshman year of high school as what?
(a) Loving and eternal.
(b) Hot and heavy.
(c) Shy and awkward.
(d) On again off again.

14. As an adult, Walker confesses in Part 10 that she envies whose predictable life?
(a) Her stepsister's.
(b) Her co-worker's.
(c) Her neighbor's.
(d) Her mother's.

15. Walker failed to inform Michael that all of her friends in New York in Part 12 were what?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Well educated.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Walker writes that her memories of times of injustice stop any progress she makes in coming to terms with her what?

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

3. Who did Walker bond with the closest when attending the private high school she entered in Part 11?

4. Where did Walker describe feeding the monkeys and communing with them in the forests in Part 15?

5. What grade was Walker beginning in Part 7?

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