Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr." begins with these words: "My

great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia—which

passes for the Walker ancestral home—with two babies on her hips." What do these words tell

you about Alice Walker's influences?

• She has a large, extended Southern family

• She is a fifth-generation writer.

• She is an African American descended from slaves.

• She was born in the 1940s.

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In "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," why does Alice Walker say she chose to keep

her "maiden" name?

• to honor her father's family

• to honor her ancestor's walk as a slave

• to show that she is free and independent

• to keep her family's name from dying out

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What does Walker mean in the following sentence from "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr."?

If it is true that land does not belong to anyone until they have buried a body in it, then the land of my birthplace belongs to me, dozens of times over.

• Walker claims spiritual ownership of land where so many of her kin are buried.

• Walker has helped bury dozens of relatives in her own yard.

• Only people who have owned land can be buried on it when they die.

• Walker has bought the property on which her relatives are buried.

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In "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," how does Alice Walker say African Americans in the South were "dispossessed" in the time of her grandparents and

great-grandparents?

• African Americans were often denied ownership of land.

• African American slaves were often sold by their owners.

• African Americans often moved away to escape from oppression.

• African American family homes were passed down through generations.

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In "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," how does Walker describe an African American who voluntarily chose to stay in the South before the 1960s?

• The person was strong and stubborn.

• The person was attached to material things.

• The person was afraid to fly.

• The person was a landowner.

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In "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," what was Dr. King doing when Alice Walker first saw him on television?

• He was delivering a speech.

• He was being arrested by the police.

• He was leading a march on Washington, D.C.

• He was being interviewed on a news program.

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In "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," what is the most important thing Dr. King gives to Alice Walker?

• a personally signed copy of his book

• the courage to work for change

• the joy of listening to him preach

• the motivation to become a writer

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What is significant about the location where Alice Walker gives her speech "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr."?

• She gives the speech in Dr. King's hometown.

• She gives the speech in the cemetery where most of her ancestors are buried.

• She gives the speech in a restaurant that did not serve African Americans before Dr. King.

• She gives the speech in a town where the works of Dr. King are not allowed in the libraries.

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According to Walker in "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," how did Dr. King give African Americans back their heritage?

• He encouraged those who left the South to come home to fight for their rights.

• He obtained the rights to the land that was stolen from them following Reconstruction.

• He preached and brought them back into the church in which they grew up.

• He fought for rights that allowed them to live more freely in the South and elsewhere.

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According to Alice Walker in "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," which phrase best describes Dr. King's philosophy?

• peaceful and meditative

• complex and revolutionary

• materialistic and realistic

• forceful and violent

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