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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote out the checks for the author's mother when she was at the grocery store? ("La Guera")
(a) The author.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The cashier.
(d) Her son.

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

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

4. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?
(a) White.
(b) Female.
(c) Black.
(d) Spanish.

5. What taught Cherrie Moraga that "we are not human beings"?
(a) Her failure in school.
(b) Her lesbianism.
(c) Her Chicana heritage.
(d) Her oppression for being female.

6. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred of those not white.
(c) Miseducation.
(d) Bizarre oppression.

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

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

9. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?
(a) Wymin.
(b) Wimmin.
(c) Wymyn.
(d) Whimmyn.

10. "For it is only under a patriarchal structure that _____________ is the only social power open to women," according to Audra Lorde.
(a) Gossip.
(b) Education.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Maternity.

11. In the poem "on not bein," what is the subject's chest compared to?
(a) Pillows.
(b) Hershey's kisses.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Needles.

12. "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) Violent.
(b) Mixed.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Determined.

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

14. What did the author of "When I Was Growing Up" long to be?
(a) Famous.
(b) Rich.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

15. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?
(a) Ekaterina Sedia.
(b) Erica Jong.
(c) Cherrie Moraga.
(d) Rita M. Gross.

Short Answer Questions

1. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."

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

3. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."

4. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?

5. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

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