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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Moraga identify in "No Born-Again Children?"
(a) Her lover's brother.
(b) Her best friend from high school.
(c) A cartoon character.
(d) A movie star.

2. In "Loving on the Run" with whom does the rough girl spend a lot of time?
(a) The Catholic school girls.
(b) The boys from another town.
(c) The rough neighborhood boys.
(d) Her girl cousins.

3. Which of the following does the narrator do in "November Again?"
(a) All of these.
(b) Picks up a stone.
(c) Licks the stone.
(d) Passes the naked woman.

4. Who is the author of these stories?
(a) Cherry Moraga.
(b) Cheryl Morton.
(c) Cherrie Moraga.
(d) Cheri Morgan.

5. Many activists identify the oppressor as which of the following?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) White men.
(c) All of these.
(d) Government.

6. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Repressed sexuality.
(d) War.

7. What had Moraga and her mother suspected about her father?
(a) He was a homosexual.
(b) He was a closet alcoholic.
(c) He smoked pot.
(d) He was unfaithful.

8. What is the dominant theme in the poems in this section?
(a) The right for same-sex couples to marry.
(b) The difficulty of a lesbian accepting who she is.
(c) The parental influence over lesbians.
(d) The discrimination against lesbians.

9. Who is Cecilia's lover?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Anne Marie.

10. What about herself does Moraga think is more fundamental than any religious affiliation?
(a) Her lesbianism.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her integrity.

11. The woman in "The Pilgrimage" was a child at the time and wondered about _________________.
(a) Losing her coat.
(b) Getting mud on her legs.
(c) Crying in church.
(d) The skin on her knees.

12. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.
(a) The future.
(b) Education.
(c) The truth.
(d) Poetry.

13. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Sign of respect.
(c) Necessary evil.
(d) Docile obedience.

14. Why is sex with her girlfriend better than sex with the male soldier?
(a) It is quieter.
(b) It is more than a one-night stand.
(c) It is more meaningful.
(d) It is more passionate and loving.

15. In "The Pilgrimage" a woman recalls her mother telling her that women would crawl into _______________.
(a) Bed.
(b) Bars.
(c) Schools.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

2. What is the war that Moraga talks about in "Hearts?"

3. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.

4. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?

5. What does Moraga say cannot be dealt with from a purely theoretical perspective?

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