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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. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."
(a) Honesty.
(b) Sin.
(c) Blood.
(d) Humanity.

2. 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.

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

4. What essay of Cherrie Moraga's does Naomi Littlebear refer to by referencing a six-pack of beer?
(a) "The Last Generation."
(b) "The Hungry Woman."
(c) "Heroes and Spirits."
(d) "La Guera."

5. What state did the narrator move back to in her mind in "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) Flordia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?

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

4. What did Hattie Gossett claim "is really a drag"?

5. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" wonder about the professor's wife?

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