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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?
(a) Theorists.
(b) Parents.
(c) Childhoods.
(d) Men.

2. According to the footnotes for Jo Carrillo's poem "Beyond the Cliffs of Abiquiu," to what land is the poem dedicated?
(a) Native Inhabitants.
(b) A National Sacrifice area for energy.
(c) All Americans.
(d) Forestry.

3. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?
(a) Female.
(b) Black.
(c) Spanish.
(d) White.

4. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?
(a) National Geographic Channel.
(b) Sesame Street.
(c) The BBC.
(d) Gospel Songs.

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

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

7. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" see on sidewalks?
(a) Trash.
(b) Bits of glass.
(c) Torn photos.
(d) Flowers.

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

9. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
(b) Wendy Law-Yone.
(c) Gish Jen.
(d) Mitsuye Yamada.

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

11. "For it is only under a patriarchal structure that _____________ is the only social power open to women," according to Audra Lorde.
(a) Education.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Maternity.

12. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?
(a) To protect herself from 13-89 year old men.
(b) To maintain her right to be proud of her culture.
(c) To protect herself from America.
(d) To protect herself from right-winged feminists.

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

14. "We challenge symptoms of the disease while neglecting the _________________," as related in "The Pathology of Racism" by Davenport.
(a) Past.
(b) Causes.
(c) Future.
(d) Symptoms.

15. What does "braceros" mean?
(a) Oppressed.
(b) Wet-backs.
(c) White-skins.
(d) Enslaved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chrystos claim that white women are so rarely loyal?

2. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

3. According to "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House," what must "divide and conquer" become in the world?

4. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?

5. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?

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