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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?
(a) Too accepted.
(b) Too much incorrect history.
(c) Too specific.
(d) Too general and simplistic.

2. In "Wonder Woman," what does the narrator wonder about the women whom she stares at?
(a) If they notice her the way she notices them.
(b) If they share her dreams.
(c) If they wish to be someone else.
(d) If they are afraid of who they are.

3. What does "braceros" mean?
(a) Wet-backs.
(b) White-skins.
(c) Enslaved.
(d) Oppressed.

4. 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.

5. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?
(a) "Nappy Edges."
(b) "Poetic Voices."
(c) "Martinique's Song."
(d) "Dark Voices."

6. Who staffs the Buen Muir Indian Trading Post?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Indians.
(d) Whites.

7. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Misogyny.
(c) White women.
(d) Failure to accept all women.

8. 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?
(a) "Laugh in the face of humanity."
(b) "Spit on religious tradition."
(c) "Choose to ignore honesty."
(d) "Shrug off personal responsibility."

9. According to the footnotes for Jo Carrillo's poem "Beyond the Cliffs of Abiquiu," to what land is the poem dedicated?
(a) Native Inhabitants.
(b) Forestry.
(c) A National Sacrifice area for energy.
(d) All Americans.

10. 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"?
(a) Maxine Hong Kingston.
(b) Mitsuye Yamada.
(c) Chrystos.
(d) Barbara Smith.

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

12. According to "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House," what must "divide and conquer" become in the world?
(a) Stand and fight.
(b) Love and accept.
(c) Educate and categorize.
(d) Define and empower.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?

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

3. Who wrote "Dreams of Violence"?

4. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?

5. What does "la guera" mean?

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