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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecilia notice about Joyce when she sees her again after having separated?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She has red hair.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is limping.

2. What comes with admitting your sexual preferences?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Hate.

3. Who is the narrator's lover in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"
(a) Carrie.
(b) Emilie.
(c) Julie.
(d) Anna.

4. According to Moraga's mother, a good man ___________________.
(a) Always opens the car door.
(b) Leads the woman in a dance.
(c) Orders for the woman in a restaurant.
(d) Walks on the curb side of the sidewalk.

5. In "You Call It, 'Amputation'" to what does Moraga compare a phantom limb?
(a) The inability to repress one's sexuality.
(b) The death of a parent.
(c) A mistake made long ago.
(d) The loss of a lover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Moraga speaks both English and ____________.

3. With whom does Moraga identify in "No Born-Again Children?"

4. What does the narrator see a woman doing in "November Again?"

5. To whom does Moraga compare her friend's friend, Yves, in "For Amber?"

Short Essay Questions

1. In what situation do Moraga and another woman not need the help of men in "Modern-Day Hero?"

2. In "Passage", to what is Moraga referring when she says something of hers has always belonged to other people?

3. How does Moraga use the metaphor of a phantom limb to describe repressed sexuality in "You Call It, 'Amputation'"?

4. What imagery of women does Moraga use in "For the Color of My Mother"?

5. What does a girl named Cecilia learn in "Later, She Met Joyce?"

6. What is the dominant theme in this set of poems?

7. What role did the Catholic Church play in Moraga's acceptance of her lesbianism?

8. Why does a woman think about her knees in "The Pilgrimage?"

9. What pressure did Moraga's family put on her and what did she learn about docile obedience?

10. How did leaving the Church impact Moraga?

(see the answer keys)

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