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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 kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?
(a) World-wide literacy crisis.
(b) World-wide employment crisis.
(c) National employment crisis.
(d) National literacy crisis.

2. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?
(a) Too general and simplistic.
(b) Too much incorrect history.
(c) Too accepted.
(d) Too specific.

3. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?
(a) To work in a factory.
(b) To work in a silk factory.
(c) To take care of her ailing mother.
(d) To work in the fields.

4. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with Latin culture?
(a) Island cultures.
(b) Latin American cultures.
(c) European Latin cultures.
(d) Spanish cultures.

5. According to "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance," in the Black world, who are the two free people in the United States?
(a) White men and black women.
(b) Black men and women.
(c) White men and women.
(d) Black men and white women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her letter to Barbara Smith, Mirtha Quintanales tells Smith about ___________.

2. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?

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

4. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?

5. According to Rosario Morales, who is capable of being racist?

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