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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What state did the narrator move back to in her mind in "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Flordia.
(d) South Carolina.

3. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" see on sidewalks?
(a) Torn photos.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Bits of glass.
(d) Trash.

4. 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) A National Sacrifice area for energy.
(c) Forestry.
(d) All Americans.

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

6. What word did Gloria and Merlin wish to define for themselves, based upon their choice to leave a national feminist writers movement?
(a) Entity.
(b) Feminist.
(c) American.
(d) Power.

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

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

9. What does the narrator croon in "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Jorge Arraiza songs.
(b) Skitzo rap.
(c) Carlos Gardel tangoes.
(d) Rafael Ithier poetry.

10. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" wonder about the professor's wife?
(a) If she is content.
(b) If she is afraid.
(c) If she is happy.
(d) If she is an alcholic.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?

2. "We challenge symptoms of the disease while neglecting the _________________," as related in "The Pathology of Racism" by Davenport.

3. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?

4. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?

5. Why does Chrystos claim that white women are so rarely loyal?

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