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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. What friend of Walker's in San Francisco was a pretty white model?
2. What movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions?
3. Where did Walker write of bathing for the last time with her father in Part 3?
4. Where did Alice Walker graduate from college?
5. When Michael was ill in Part 6, what did Walker offer to make him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What symbolic depiction does Walker paint of her father in Part 3?
2. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?
3. What trip did Bethany and Rebecca Walker take together in Part 5?
4. How does Walker describe Grandma Miriam in Part 1?
5. What boy did Walker like at her new school in Part 4? Who did she tell?
6. How did Walker's mother change through the 1970s?
7. How was Walker's relationship with her mother in early adolescence? What insecurities did she have?
8. Who is Rebecca Walker's mother? How is she depicted in the memoir?
9. How did Walker describe feeling around Michael in Part 6?
10. How did Walker avoid uncomfortable feelings around her extended family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the style and major themes in Walker's work as well as her other achievements and biographical history. What impact did Walker's childhood environment play on her work?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the area of the Bronx where Walker and her mother relocated in Part 4. How does Walker describe the neighborhood and apartment in comparison to her Brooklyn home with her father? How did she cope with the transition?
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