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

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

3. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?
(a) Womanhood and motherhood.
(b) Culture and Americanism.
(c) Ethnicity and womanhood.
(d) Love of place and love of self.

4. According to Chrystos, what is no longer considered a tool that can eliminate racism?
(a) Culturalism.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Education.
(d) Feminism.

5. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She split her lip open.
(c) She fell off of a roof.
(d) She was attacked by a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "on not bein"?

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

3. Who wrote "Wonder Woman"?

4. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with American culture?

5. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?

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