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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. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?
(a) Wymin.
(b) Wymyn.
(c) Wimmin.
(d) Whimmyn.

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

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

4. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?
(a) A racetrack.
(b) A factory.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A sandwich shop.

5. Who wrote the poem "I speak in an illusion"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Llarona.
(c) Judy Lucero.
(d) Erin Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?

2. Who wrote "The Brown Menace/Poem to the Survival of Roaches"?

3. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?

4. What kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?

5. On what night is Nellie Wong writing a letter to herself?

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