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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. On what night is Nellie Wong writing a letter to herself?
(a) New Year's night.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Mother's Day.
(d) Her birthday.

2. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."
(a) Mixed.
(b) Determined.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Violent.

3. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?
(a) National Geographic Channel.
(b) Gospel Songs.
(c) Sesame Street.
(d) The BBC.

4. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Second-class citizenship.
(d) Misunderstanding.

5. According to Gloria Anzaldua, fears act like __________.
(a) Waves on the ocean.
(b) Magnets.
(c) Crushing blows from an enemy.
(d) Polar opposites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what race is Gloria?

2. To what does Rosario Morales compare "protective coloring in racist fields"?

3. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?

4. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?

5. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.

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