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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. Who staffs the Buen Muir Indian Trading Post?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Whites.
(c) Indians.
(d) Mexicans.

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

3. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?
(a) Television gives such a twisted interpretation of life.
(b) She is an intellectual.
(c) She is afraid of the news.
(d) She wants to live in reality, and television is fiction.

4. Who wrote "La Guera"?
(a) Anna Maria Lenngren.
(b) Cherrie Moragaa.
(c) Mary Collier.
(d) Marina Tsvetaeva.

5. Who wrote "Wonder Woman"?
(a) Hattie Gossett.
(b) Kim Chernin.
(c) Genny Lim.
(d) Kat Long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with American culture?

2. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?

3. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?

4. "Your skin must be sensitive for the lightest _____________ and thick enough to ward off the ___________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")

5. Who does Cheryl Clarke believe to be the real enemy to lesbians?

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