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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator see a woman doing in "November Again?"
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Riding a bike.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Dancing naked on the beach.

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

3. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Celine.

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

5. What does Moraga say cannot be dealt with from a purely theoretical perspective?
(a) Finances.
(b) Gender identity.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Education.

6. Moraga's various identities have particularly affected her life with _____________.
(a) her family.
(b) her editors.
(c) her employers.
(d) her friends.

7. What is the war that Moraga talks about in "Hearts?"
(a) The Civil Rights war.
(b) The War on Poverty.
(c) The battle waged by oppressed groups.
(d) The Vietnam War.

8. What do Moraga and another woman do in "Modern-Day Hero" that does not require the help of men who try to assist?
(a) Change a tire.
(b) Rescue a woman who has fallen.
(c) Shovel a drive.
(d) Change the oil in a car.

9. How old was Moraga's brother's lover when he was killed?
(a) 17.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 33.

10. To which of the following oppressed groups does Moraga refer in "Hearts?"
(a) Women.
(b) Homosexuals.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) All of these.

11. In "Salvation, Jesus, and Suffer" where is Moraga working?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A pizzeria.
(c) A factory.
(d) A flower shop.

12. In "The Slow Dance" Moraga's mother explained ______________ in terms of dancing posture.
(a) Society.
(b) Gender roles.
(c) Education.
(d) Politics.

13. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.
(a) Business partners.
(b) Lab partners.
(c) Roommates.
(d) Lovers.

14. What is wrong with the narrator in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"
(a) She has cramps.
(b) She has a sinus infection.
(c) She has tuberculosis.
(d) She is sick with a cough.

15. What is it called when an author writes in two languages?
(a) Bilingual.
(b) Duplicity.
(c) Duo-lingual.
(d) Twin language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?

2. What did Moraga always notice when her parents danced?

3. Why Moraga's mother asked her to speak to her father about his presumed homosexuality?

4. In "The Voices of the Fallers," falling is compared to the experience of _________________.

5. When did Moraga begin to identify with oppressed groups?

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