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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. Who wrote "When I Was Growing Up"?
(a) Rita Dove.
(b) Phillis Wheatley.
(c) Qui Jin.
(d) Nellie Wong.

2. What does the narrator say she is in "I Am What I Am"?
(a) A Mexican.
(b) A U.S. American.
(c) A Spaniard.
(d) An African American.

3. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?
(a) Female.
(b) White.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Black.

4. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?
(a) Donna Rushin.
(b) Toni Bambara.
(c) Cherrie Moraga.
(d) Merlin Stone.

5. What "problem" is addressed in the first section of the book?
(a) Gender problem.
(b) Success problem.
(c) Writing problem.
(d) Color problem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to a reference to another author in "La Guera," where must one look to find the dream?

3. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?

4. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

5. Of what race is Gloria?

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