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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. Why did the author of "When I Was Growing Up"' sisters get praised?
(a) For their success in following the rules of white society.
(b) For their rigidity following mainstream thought.
(c) For their fair skin.
(d) For their success in school.

2. What does "la guera" mean?
(a) Fair-skinned.
(b) Dark-skinned.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. What must one do to become visible, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Refuse to separate the actor from thier actions.
(b) Trust in ourselves.
(c) Be honored by our culture.
(d) Succeed in the face of society.

4. Where was the author of "La Guera"'s mother born?
(a) San Jose.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Stockton.
(d) Santa Paula.

5. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?
(a) "Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings."
(b) "Aiiieeeee!"
(c) "Topography of War."
(d) "Voices Wandered: An Anthology of Poetry Art by Asian American Youth."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted at the beginning of the poem "on not bein"?

2. In "Wonder Woman," what does the narrator wonder about the women whom she stares at?

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

4. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?

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

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