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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What do men need to do in order for women to give up their hearts to them?
(a) Support their causes.
(b) Give up their weapons.
(c) Believe in their dreams.
(d) Act like gentlemen.

5. Who is the main character in "Pesadilla?"
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Celestine.
(c) Connie.
(d) Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of these stories?

2. What does Moraga say cannot be dealt with from a purely theoretical perspective?

3. In "The Pilgrimage" a woman recalls her mother telling her that women would crawl into _______________.

4. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

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

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