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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what country does Moraga live?
(a) Spain.
(b) Brazil.
(c) American.
(d) Mexico.

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

4. To what does Moraga compare herself in "Raw Experience"?
(a) A politician.
(b) A motherless child.
(c) A passenger on an autonomous machine.
(d) A rape victim.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. From which woman did all the women in Moraga's family want approval?
(a) Great Grandmother.
(b) Great Aunt.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Mother.

10. What does a crazy woman do in the restaurant where Moraga is working?
(a) Pours coffee on a stranger.
(b) Sprays the fire extinguisher.
(c) Takes off all her clothes.
(d) Screams about Jesus coming soon.

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

12. Why was Moraga shocked to see pictures of the lynching of black people?
(a) She cannot imagine anyone doing such a cruel thing.
(b) Her father told her lynching stories were not true.
(c) Her education largely neglected the topic.
(d) She never knew such things happened.

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

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

15. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?
(a) It reflects the polished, academic style taught in college.
(b) She writes in Spanish too much.
(c) She switched back and forth between English and Spanish.
(d) She uses ghetto slang too often.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.

2. How did Moraga feel within her church?

3. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?

4. Why does Moraga say the women's movement has some latent racism in it?

5. What makes Cecilia and Deborah leave their apartment?

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