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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You: Racism in the Women's Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?
(a) American.
(b) British.
(c) Irish.
(d) Finnish.

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

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

4. Who is quoted at the beginning of "Children Passing in the Streets" as saying, "I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes"?
(a) Barbara Smith.
(b) Mitsuye Yamada.
(c) Maxine Hong Kingston.
(d) Chrystos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "La Guera" written?

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

3. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?

4. "For it is only under a patriarchal structure that _____________ is the only social power open to women," according to Audra Lorde.

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

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