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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. Who came to Walker's rescue after a bad drug trip in Part 9?

2. Who did Walker bond with the closest when attending the private high school she entered in Part 11?

3. As a result of the varied people and occurrences in her life, Walker closes the memoir by saying that she refuses to do what?

4. Walker failed to inform Michael that all of her friends in New York in Part 12 were what?

5. In Part 10, Walker describes her relationship with Michael during the first part of her freshman year of high school as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What older friends did Walker encounter in Part 7? How old was she at this time?

2. Who became Walker's friends at summer camp in Part 8?

3. How does Walker describe her memory in the end of Part 8?

4. What memory does Walker close the book with? How does she feel in conclusion?

5. Where did Walker choose to attend high school in Part 10? What did she experience there?

6. What bad experience did Walker have in Part 9? Who assisted her?

7. How did Walker react when she first menstruated in Part 9?

8. What did Walker and her friend Lena do around San Francisco in Part 7 for fun?

9. What does Walker describe as a result of constantly moving around in her adult life?

10. What traveling adventures does Walker describe in Part 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Walker's move to Washington, D.C. How was D.C. different than the previous places Walker had lived? Why did she feel unable to fit into the largely African-American school?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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