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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You: Racism in the Women's Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is quoted at the beginning of the poem "on not bein"?
(a) Ntozake Shange.
(b) Marilyn French.
(c) Marleen Barr.
(d) Sandy Boucher.

3. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?
(a) Men.
(b) Parents.
(c) Theorists.
(d) Childhoods.

4. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?
(a) Evelyn Cunningham.
(b) Anita Valerio.
(c) Shirley Chisholm.
(d) Clare Boothe Luce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

2. According to Chrystos, what is no longer considered a tool that can eliminate racism?

3. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?

4. What nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?

5. 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"?

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