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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the introduction, for whom do Third World women put themselves on the line for?
(a) Their homelands.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their selves.
(d) Their darker sisters.

3. What does the narrator croon in "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Carlos Gardel tangoes.
(b) Jorge Arraiza songs.
(c) Rafael Ithier poetry.
(d) Skitzo rap.

4. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her lover.

5. Of what race is Gloria?
(a) Indian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Chicana.
(d) African American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?

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

3. What did the author of "When I Was Growing Up" long to be?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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