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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alice Walker graduate from college?
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) Sarah Lawrence College.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Stanford.

2. Where did Walker and Michael make love for the first time in Part 6?
(a) A motel room.
(b) The study.
(c) A car.
(d) In a tent.

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

4. Where did Walker's father and stepmother move in Part 5?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

5. What movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions?
(a) Black Pride.
(b) Black Enlightenment.
(c) Black Righteousness.
(d) Black Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Walker not see her mother after moving with her father in Part 5?

2. In Part 1, Walker pictures herself as a baby as the character in a movie or a poem by whom?

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

4. What show did Walker describe sneaking into her parents' room to watch in Part 1?

5. How many children did Walker's uncle Bobby have?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Walker lose her virginity? How did she feel about it?

2. How does Walker describe her parents' relationship in retrospect in Part 4?

3. What boy did Walker like at her new school in Part 4? Who did she tell?

4. Why did Walker most relate to her uncle Jackie?

5. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?

6. What did Walker admire about her new older friends in San Francisco in Part 6? Who were they?

7. Describe the narrative style of the memoir. How does Walker describe her past in the opening of the narrative?

8. What symbolic depiction does Walker paint of her father in Part 3?

9. Who is Rebecca Walker's mother? How is she depicted in the memoir?

10. How did Walker describe feeling around Michael in Part 6?

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