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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Gish Jen.
(b) Mitsuye Yamada.
(c) Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
(d) Wendy Law-Yone.

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

3. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with Latin culture?
(a) Latin American cultures.
(b) Island cultures.
(c) Spanish cultures.
(d) European Latin cultures.

4. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) October.

5. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with American culture?
(a) Chicana.
(b) Native American.
(c) Afro-American.
(d) Anglo.

6. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Lynne Hanley.
(c) Rosario Morales.
(d) Patricia Smith.

7. Who is quoted at the beginning of "La Guera"?
(a) Judith Wright.
(b) May Swenson.
(c) Emma Goldman.
(d) Susan Howe.

8. Who wrote "Wonder Woman"?
(a) Hattie Gossett.
(b) Genny Lim.
(c) Kim Chernin.
(d) Kat Long.

9. From the poem "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You," what do "white sisters" love to own?
(a) The promise that they are better than others.
(b) Authority.
(c) Modern slaves.
(d) Pictures of "us."

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

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

12. According to Audre Lorde, what must exist for liberation to exist?
(a) Power.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sense of self.
(d) Community.

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

14. What nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?
(a) American.
(b) Irish.
(c) Finnish.
(d) British.

15. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?
(a) "Voices Wandered: An Anthology of Poetry Art by Asian American Youth."
(b) "Topography of War."
(c) "Aiiieeeee!"
(d) "Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?

2. Who staffs the Buen Muir Indian Trading Post?

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

4. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?

5. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?

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