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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. To whom does Moraga compare her friend's friend, Yves, in "For Amber?"
(a) Her mentor.
(b) Her driving instructor.
(c) Her coach.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

3. Which of the following does Moraga write about in "For the Color of My Mother?"
(a) Having her lip split open as a child.
(b) All of these.
(c) The moans of a difficult childbirth.
(d) Her mother's desperate prayers.

4. What does Cecilia do when in her dream she sees Deborah on the other side of the window with the burglar?
(a) She smashes the window.
(b) She closes the blinds.
(c) She calls 911.
(d) She does not let her in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Moraga compare her relationship with a male soldier in "The War Bride?"

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

3. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"

4. In "You Call It, 'Amputation'" to what does Moraga compare a phantom limb?

5. In "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Moraga compare being a lesbian in "Loving in the War Years?"

2. What imagery with weapons does Moraga give men in "Anatomy Lesson?"

3. In "Winter of Oppression, 1982" Moraga recalls seeing horrifying images of the Holocaust but why is Moraga even more shocked to see pictures of black lynchings?

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

5. What example does Moraga give about how she, herself, is guilty of oppressive behavior?

6. What does being part of a movement mean for Moraga?

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

8. How does Moraga compare herself to her lover's dead brother in "No Born-Again Children?"

9. Why is writing in both English and Spanish a form of rebellion for Moraga?

10. In "Hearts" to what war is Moraga referring when she talks about a war no one really knew about?

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