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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the author of "When I Was Growing Up" long to be?
2. What does "braceros" mean?
3. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?
4. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?
5. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the poem "When I was Growing Up," what was life like for Nellie Wong?
2. Why did the woman in Lee's "on not bein" marry the first man who proposed?
3. What were Cherrie Moraga's and Gloria Anzaldua's hopes for the book?
4. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?
5. What questions did Anita Valerio discuss regarding the holy woman?
6. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?
7. What is Barbara Smith's "inherent definition of feminism"? (According to the introduction of "An d When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You")
8. What does Rosario Morales say that she is in "I am What I Am"?
9. What does the first section of the book speak about?
10. What did Aurora Levins Morales' friend Ceci say must change for things to be different so the daughters of Latinos could be free?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the authors state the importance of writing in the movement. What does the author state as the importance of writing? What does writing do for these authors? What purpose does writing serve in the women's movement?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss your personal feelings on the writings in the book. Take into consideration your own racial history. How do you feel about what was stated in the book? If you have negative feelings about specific statements, why do you feel that way? Do you find yourself strongly agreeing with/ or disagreeing with any of the statements? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Using the writings of Cherrie Moraga, describe and define the different types of lesbianism. Be sure to address their similarities and their differences.
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