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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. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1906.

2. Why does Nellie Wong bring up Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton?
(a) They are black.
(b) They spoke about the women's movement.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They endorsed her writings.

3. Where does the narrator of "Wonder Woman" reflect about other women doing the same things as she does?
(a) Beipan.
(b) Ning.
(c) Yangtze.
(d) Mekong.

4. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."
(a) Blood.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Sin.
(d) Honesty.

5. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?
(a) White women.
(b) Failure to accept all women.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Misogyny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "la guera" mean?

2. What word have feminists "had it with"?

3. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)

4. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?

5. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?

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