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

2. In "Wonder Woman," what does the narrator wonder about the women whom she stares at?
(a) If they wish to be someone else.
(b) If they are afraid of who they are.
(c) If they share her dreams.
(d) If they notice her the way she notices them.

3. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Second-class citizenship.
(d) Hatred.

4. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?
(a) Rita M. Gross.
(b) Cherrie Moraga.
(c) Erica Jong.
(d) Ekaterina Sedia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author did the narrator from "I Am What I Am" read "thru three or four times"?

2. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?

3. What does "braceros" mean?

4. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?

5. What does the author who was quoted at the beginning of "La Guera" hope that women can make their own?

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