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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country does Moraga live?

3. What is it called when an author writes in two languages?

4. Moraga's various identities have particularly affected her life with _____________.

5. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did leaving the Church impact Moraga?

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

3. What is Moraga's message in "An Open Invitation to a Meal?"

4. In "La Guera" when does Moraga say that she began to understand oppression in the world?

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

6. Why does Moraga's mother ask her to speak to Moraga's father in "My Sister, Who Must Be Protected"?

7. In "What Does it Take" what does the death of gay activist Harvey Milk prompt Moraga to wonder about the attention that men get?

8. 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?

9. Why does Moraga say it is important for any activist to realize that oppression is not just exterior and how is the women's movement a subtle form of racism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of evolving as an authentic person is an important one in the work in this book. Cite two examples of how Moraga uses this theme in either a poem or an essay.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Moraga. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Moraga?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one theme in the book related to culture and lesbianism. Identify at least two themes in the poems and essays and then cite an example to support each theme you name.

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