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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. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?
(a) Her own culture.
(b) Men.
(c) Indians.
(d) White people.

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

3. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)
(a) Education.
(b) Racism.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Oppression.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.

2. Why did the author of "When I Was Growing Up"' sisters get praised?

3. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?

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

5. According to a reference to another author in "La Guera," where must one look to find the dream?

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