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

2. What race is Rebecca Walker's mother?

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

4. How does Walker describe her father's skin in Part 3 in comparison with her own?

5. For what novel did Rebecca Walker's mother win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Walker realize about her mother and her uncle Jackie in Part 3?

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

4. How does Walker describe her uncle Bobby?

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 fit in at the school in Washington, D.C. in Part 5?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting established in Part 1 of the narrative. How difficult was it in 1969 to grow up biracial in Jackson, Mississippi? What impact did this have on the author?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the theme of racial identity in the memoir. How is racial identity central to the protagonist in her journey for truth?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Walker's relationship with her extended paternal family. Where were the Leventhals from originally? How was Great Grandmother Jennie described in the text?

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