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

2. Who did the subject from "on not bein" marry?
(a) The first man to ask her.
(b) The man who took her virginity.
(c) Her parent's choice of husband.
(d) A man who made her parents mad.

3. Who wrote "on not bein"?
(a) Ai.
(b) Imamu Amiri Baraka.
(c) Mary Hope Lee.
(d) Maya Angelou.

4. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."
(a) Childhood.
(b) Violent.
(c) Determined.
(d) Mixed.

5. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Personal culture.
(b) Man made disasters.
(c) Her family.
(d) Society as a whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?

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

3. What does the narrator say she is in "I Am What I Am"?

4. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?

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

(see the answer key)

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