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

2. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?
(a) To take care of her ailing mother.
(b) To work in a factory.
(c) To work in the fields.
(d) To work in a silk factory.

3. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Patricia Smith.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Rosario Morales.
(d) Lynne Hanley.

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

5. What does the author who was quoted at the beginning of "La Guera" hope that women can make their own?
(a) Lives and experiences.
(b) Culture.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?

2. What state did the narrator move back to in her mind in "Dreams of Violence"?

3. Where was the author of "La Guera"'s mother born?

4. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?

5. Who wrote "La Guera"?

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