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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entering the Lives of Others: Theory in the Flesh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author of "When I Was Growing Up"' sisters get praised?
(a) For their rigidity following mainstream thought.
(b) For their success in following the rules of white society.
(c) For their fair skin.
(d) For their success in school.

2. What taught Cherrie Moraga that "we are not human beings"?
(a) Her Chicana heritage.
(b) Her failure in school.
(c) Her lesbianism.
(d) Her oppression for being female.

3. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She split her lip open.
(c) She fell off of a roof.
(d) She was attacked by a dog.

4. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1906.

5. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Second-class citizenship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" see on sidewalks?

2. What must one do to become visible, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

3. Who wrote "La Guera"?

4. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?

5. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

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