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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 images does Moraga talk about in "Winter of Oppression, 1982?"
(a) The September 11 attacks.
(b) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) The My Lai Massacre.

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

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

4. What happens to Deborah when she and Cecilia stay at a friend's house?
(a) She learns to cook.
(b) She learns to paint.
(c) She breaks her leg.
(d) She has an anxiety attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Moraga's brother's lover when he was killed?

2. According to Moraga's mother, a good man ___________________.

3. In "It Got Her Over" who does Moraga say both receives benefits and bears guilt due to race?

4. What part of a woman's body does Moraga talk about in "For the Color of My Mother?"

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what does Moraga compare the sensation of falling in "The Voices of the Fallers?"

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

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

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

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

7. How did leaving the Church impact Moraga?

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

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

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

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