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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of a woman's body does Moraga talk about in "For the Color of My Mother?"
(a) Hands.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Hair.
(d) Mouths.

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

4. What makes Cecilia and Deborah leave their apartment?
(a) It was being fumigated.
(b) It was burglarized.
(c) It was being painted.
(d) The wood floors were being refinished.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecilia do when in her dream she sees Deborah on the other side of the window with the burglar?

2. Why could Moraga relate to the Holocaust victims?

3. In what faith was Moraga raised?

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

5. When they are at a friend's house, Cecilia feels like __________________________.

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