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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. How did Rebecca Walker's paternal grandmother treat Walker's mother?

2. Who was Walker's favorite uncle in her childhood?

3. When was Walker first teased for not being "black enough" in Part 2?

4. Who named Rebecca Walker one of the fifty most influential leaders of her generation?

5. Louisa bought Walker her first what in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Walker describe of her memories of moving to Brooklyn in Part 2?

3. How did Walker's mother change through the 1970s?

4. What can be discerned of Walker's parents and the setting she was born into in Part 1?

5. How did Walker avoid uncomfortable feelings around her extended family?

6. What other relative did Walker describe at Grandma Miriam's house?

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

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

9. How did Walker choose a bike? Who almost stole it in Part 6?

10. What did Walker imagine Jackie's reaction would be of her home? How does she view her cousins today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the effects of her parents' divorce on the young Walker. At what age did Rebecca's mother "move into" her bedroom? How did Rebecca understand the tension in her home?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify the narrative voice, tense and style of the memoir in Part 1. In what person is the narrative written?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Walker's connection to Anne Frank. In what ways did Walker feel isolated and ostracized as Frank did? Why?

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