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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 is quoted at the beginning of "Children Passing in the Streets" as saying, "I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes"?
(a) Chrystos.
(b) Maxine Hong Kingston.
(c) Barbara Smith.
(d) Mitsuye Yamada.

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

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

4. Where does the narrator of "Wonder Woman" reflect about other women doing the same things as she does?
(a) Beipan.
(b) Mekong.
(c) Yangtze.
(d) Ning.

5. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" see on sidewalks?
(a) Torn photos.
(b) Trash.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Bits of glass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "braceros" mean?

3. How old was the narrator's mother when she was the main support of her family? ("La Guera")

4. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?

5. "Women who must sell _________________ for pennies a day" is a quote from "Wonder Woman."

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