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  • Which author was a suffragette?
    CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
  • Who is "Jane" in "The Yellow Wallpaper?"
    THE NARRATOR HERSELF
  • Which author was blind in one eye?
    ALICE WALKER
  • a short sketch or scene that is descriptive instead of plot-driven
    VIGNETTE
  • Point of view where a character in the story tells the story
    FIRST PERSON
  • Which author learned story-telling because of her father's job?
    CYNTHIA OZICK
  • Which author wrote about her childhood?
    AMY TAN
  • Who is the protagonist of "The House on Mango Street?"
    ESPERANZA
  • Which author was the child of immigrants?
    OZICK, TAN, & CISNEROS
  • high point of interest or suspense in the story
    CLIMAX
  • Which author is still alive?
    TAN, WALKER, & CISNEROS
  • Which sister changed her name in "Everyday Use?"
    DEE
  • Which story was expanded into a novella?
    THE SHAWL
  • the struggle between opposing forces in the story
    CONFLICT
  • Story where the narrator also tells a story of their past
    FLASHBACK
  • Who is the Chinese Chess Champion?
    WAVERLY JONG
  • the first action that begins the plot by revealing conflict
    INCITING INCIDENT
  • Point of view where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
    THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
  • Which author wrote based on her own mental health struggle?
    CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
  • What is one of the songs Jing-mei plays on the piano?
    PLEADING CHILD -or- PERFECTLY CONTENTED
  • Which story is set in World War II?
    "THE SHAWL"
  • What are the clues that Minnie might have killed her husband?
    QUILT STITCHING, DEAD BIRD, HALF-DONE TASKS
  • Which one is the teenager in "The Shawl?"
    STELLA
  • What was one of Susan Glaspell's jobs besides being a fiction author?
    REPORTER; THEATER PRODUCER
  • Who coined the term "womanist" to include women of color in feminism?
    ALICE WALKER