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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. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?
(a) A racetrack.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A sandwich shop.
(d) A factory.

2. Who wrote "on not bein"?
(a) Ai.
(b) Imamu Amiri Baraka.
(c) Mary Hope Lee.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. What author did the narrator from "I Am What I Am" read "thru three or four times"?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Arthur Miller.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper.

4. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?
(a) Cherrie Moraga.
(b) Toni Bambara.
(c) Merlin Stone.
(d) Donna Rushin.

5. Where was the author of "La Guera"'s mother born?
(a) Santa Paula.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Stockton.
(d) San Jose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

3. What nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?

4. Who wrote "Dreams of Violence"?

5. Who is quoted at the beginning of the poem "on not bein"?

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