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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. What does Dr. Cynthia Enloe write about?

2. Who does Rodriguez get into a disagreement with in Fort Myers?

3. When does Rodriguez first read about decoloniality?

4. Why does Rodriguez have a ritual at DJ's house?

5. What does Rodriguez spend most of her life wanting to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez get hit after going to a birthday party in fourth grade?

2. Who wrongly assumes Rodriguez is Mexican?

3. How is Rodriguez punished throughout her childhood?

4. How does learning about intersectionality affect Rodriguez?

5. Where does Rodriguez first learn about intersectionality?

6. When does Rodriguez get divorced?

7. How does Rodriguez's relationship with her mother change in adulthood?

8. How old is Rodriguez the first time she sees a woman preach in her church?

9. Who is Amy Cooper?

10. How does intersectionality change Rodriguez's approach to romantic relationships?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's claim that knowledge is liberation. At what points in her life has this proved to be true?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring grief in the book. In what ways does Rodriguez contend with grief? What has she grieved throughout her life?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how Rodriguez's relationship with her husband. In what ways is it complicated, and in what ways has she worked to improve the power dynamic and their understanding of each other, as a white man and a Latinx woman?

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