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

2. In what year did Rebecca Walker's parents marry?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1962.

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

4. What does Walker describe as an illusive part of herself which exists higher than intellect?
(a) Angel.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Soul.
(d) Brain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Walker write of bathing for the last time with her father in Part 3?

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

3. Who did Walker credit with having taught her to "fit in" in Part 2?

4. Walker's favorite uncle in Part 3 married an outsider who was what?

5. Where did Louisa take Walker to "rescue" her from the city in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book did Walker read as an adolescent which impacted her greatly? How was her relationship with her stepmother during this time?

2. How does Walker describe the beginning of her parents' dissolution of marriage in Part 4?

3. Describe some of the tender moments of Walker's early childhood. What kind things did her parents do for her?

4. What does Walker wonder about her family connections in Part 2?

5. How does Walker describe her first birthday in Part 1? What does she urge the reader to do on their own?

6. How did Walker describe her visits to her grandmother's in Part 2?

7. How was Walker's relationship with her mother in early adolescence? What insecurities did she have?

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

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

10. Where did Walker go after leaving Uncle Bobby's in Part 5? How did she feel about this move?

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