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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "It Got Her Over" who does Moraga say both receives benefits and bears guilt due to race?
(a) An Asian woman.
(b) A Hispanic woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A black woman.

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

4. In "La Guera" what does Moraga say made her life easier for her?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her light skin.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her social status.

5. Cecilia thinks of everything in terms of which of the following?
(a) Social justice.
(b) All of these.
(c) Racism.
(d) Oppression.

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

7. When they are at a friend's house, Cecilia feels like __________________________.
(a) Her heart is closing up toward Deborah.
(b) She wants to take cooking lessons.
(c) She needs a vacation.
(d) She would like to stay forever.

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

9. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.
(a) is ambidextrous.
(b) is bilingual.
(c) is a poet.
(d) is a lesbian.

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

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

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

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

14. What did Moraga know about herself from a very young age?
(a) She is adopted.
(b) She is a lesbian.
(c) She is a dancer.
(d) She is a poet.

15. Moraga says that it is only ___________ who ever get any attention.
(a) Crooks.
(b) Athletes.
(c) Men.
(d) Pretty girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about herself does Moraga think is more fundamental than any religious affiliation?

2. Moraga speaks both English and ____________.

3. In "Loving on the Run" with whom does the rough girl spend a lot of time?

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

5. What is the dominant theme in the poems in this section?

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