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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "La Guera" written?
(a) January, 1990.
(b) July, 1956.
(c) September, 1979.
(d) October, 1963.

2. What does Chrystos want to give "you"? ("Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading")
(a) A wind to fill your sails.
(b) A wave from the ocean.
(c) The first bloom from a cactus.
(d) The first daffodil opening.

3. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?
(a) Culture and Americanism.
(b) Womanhood and motherhood.
(c) Ethnicity and womanhood.
(d) Love of place and love of self.

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

5. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with Latin culture?
(a) Island cultures.
(b) Spanish cultures.
(c) European Latin cultures.
(d) Latin American cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?

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

3. According to the footnotes for Jo Carrillo's poem "Beyond the Cliffs of Abiquiu," to what land is the poem dedicated?

4. Who staffs the Buen Muir Indian Trading Post?

5. What taught Cherrie Moraga that "we are not human beings"?

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