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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Moraga's feeling when she left her church?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Relief.
(c) Joy.
(d) No feeling.

2. Which of the following does Moraga write about in "For the Color of My Mother?"
(a) Having her lip split open as a child.
(b) Her mother's desperate prayers.
(c) All of these.
(d) The moans of a difficult childbirth.

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

4. Moraga blames her mother's ______________________ with making her a poor lover.
(a) Religious beliefs.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Dissatisfaction with her marriage.

5. What did Moraga always notice when her parents danced?
(a) Her parents made a beautiful couple.
(b) Her mother always led.
(c) Her father always led.
(d) Her father had two left feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecilia notice about Joyce when she sees her again after having separated?

2. Why Moraga's mother asked her to speak to her father about his presumed homosexuality?

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

4. In what way does Moraga say she can be racist?

5. Who is the main character in "Pesadilla?"

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