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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Shrug off personal responsibility."
(c) "Choose to ignore honesty."
(d) "Spit on religious tradition."

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

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

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

5. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1906.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

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

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

5. According to an essay by Rosario Morales in April 1980, by what does "this society" divides us?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women would speak out?

2. Why did the woman in Lee's "on not bein" marry the first man who proposed?

3. What did Judit Maschkovich define as American and Latin culture?

4. According to Audre Lorde, what was the diversion task of black and third world women?

5. In the poem "When I was Growing Up," what was life like for Nellie Wong?

6. What does Rosario Morales say that she is in "I am What I Am"?

7. What are three of the ironic questionings that Lim makes regarding women in her poem "Wonder Woman"?

8. What did Cherrie Moraga state that she learned when she attended a concert where Ntosake Shange was reading?

9. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?

10. According to Anita Valerio, how is the Okan described?

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