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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. Why does Nellie Wong claim that "you" (a writer/her) will not stop working and writing?
(a) It is too important.
(b) You care, refuse to give up, and won't submit.
(c) You will not extinguish the fire in yourself.
(d) It means too much to those that read it.

2. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Cortes.
(b) Wesenkinada.
(c) Alarcon.
(d) Kantian.

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

4. How many months did it take for Hattie Gossett to edit her book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
(a) Seven months.
(b) One month.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Three months.

5. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?
(a) Running.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted at the beginning of "La Guera"?

2. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?

3. Who wrote "The Brown Menace/Poem to the Survival of Roaches"?

4. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

5. "The lesbian of color is not only invisible, she does not even __________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")

(see the answer key)

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