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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entering the Lives of Others: Theory in the Flesh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."
(a) Mixed.
(b) Determined.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Violent.

2. Why did the author of "When I Was Growing Up"' sisters get praised?
(a) For their fair skin.
(b) For their rigidity following mainstream thought.
(c) For their success in following the rules of white society.
(d) For their success in school.

3. How old was the narrator's mother when she was the main support of her family? ("La Guera")
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."
(a) Right.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Hate.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "on not bein"?

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

3. What does "la guera" mean?

4. Of what race is Gloria?

5. Where does the narrator of "Wonder Woman" reflect about other women doing the same things as she does?

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