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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 82 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.
(a) is ambidextrous.
(b) is a poet.
(c) is a lesbian.
(d) is bilingual.

2. When did Moraga begin to identify with oppressed groups?
(a) When she accepted her lesbianism.
(b) When her family became homeless.
(c) When she went to college.
(d) When she roomed with a black girl.

3. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?
(a) War.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Repressed sexuality.

4. In "An Open Invitation to a Meal" the narrator is tired of being treated as a _____________.
(a) Leftover.
(b) Dessert.
(c) Pork chop.
(d) Burrito.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Moraga not completely erase from her life?

2. What does Moraga contemplate in "Hearts?"

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

4. Moraga feels that she places herself at the mercy of ______________ which hates and persecutes homosexuals.

5. Why was Moraga shocked to see pictures of the lynching of black people?

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