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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. 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 wish to be someone else.
(c) If they are afraid of who they are.
(d) If they share her dreams.

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

3. What "problem" is addressed in the first section of the book?
(a) Success problem.
(b) Writing problem.
(c) Color problem.
(d) Gender problem.

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

5. Who wrote "The Brown Menace/Poem to the Survival of Roaches"?
(a) Hattie Gossett.
(b) Audre Lorde.
(c) Gayl Jones.
(d) Tee Corinne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabrielle Daniels claim is the only thing for which Millicent would rise?

2. "Women who must sell _________________ for pennies a day" is a quote from "Wonder Woman."

3. According to the introduction, for whom do Third World women put themselves on the line for?

4. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?

5. What does Audre Lorde consider wasted energy, as related in"An Open Letter To Mary Daly"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Naomi Littlebear when she ran home after being attacked as a little girl?

2. What were Cherrie Moraga's and Gloria Anzaldua's hopes for the book?

3. What did Doris Davenport describe as Black "wimmin's "aversion to white "wimmin"?

4. How did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women could make themselves more visible?

5. Why did Doris Davenport state that racist white feminists were powerless, spineless, and invisible?

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

7. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?

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

9. What did Cherrie Moraga ask Aurora Levins Morales to write about, and what did Morales choose to write about?

10. What did Aurora Levins Morales decide was the issue that she had with Piri Thomas' book "Down These Mean Streets"?

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