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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. When was "La Guera" written?
(a) January, 1990.
(b) October, 1963.
(c) September, 1979.
(d) July, 1956.

2. "Women who must sell _________________ for pennies a day" is a quote from "Wonder Woman."
(a) Their children.
(b) Their own garden items.
(c) Shrimps.
(d) Themselves.

3. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?
(a) "Martinique's Song."
(b) "Dark Voices."
(c) "Nappy Edges."
(d) "Poetic Voices."

4. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" wonder about the professor's wife?
(a) If she is an alcholic.
(b) If she is content.
(c) If she is happy.
(d) If she is afraid.

5. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) February.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "braceros" mean?

2. Why did the author of "When I Was Growing Up"' sisters get praised?

3. According to the introduction, for whom do Third World women put themselves on the line for?

4. Of what race is Gloria?

5. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?

(see the answer key)

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