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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Moraga feel within her church?
(a) Like she could be a preacher.
(b) Like she was damned.
(c) Like she was a saint.
(d) Like she never gave enough.

2. What can Moraga not completely erase from her life?
(a) Religious upbringing.
(b) Bad grades.
(c) Childhood friends.
(d) Bad lovers.

3. In "Loving in the War Years" to what does Moraga compare being in love during war?
(a) Fighting with a lover.
(b) Trying to get a book published.
(c) Arguing with parents.
(d) Being in a lesbian relationship.

4. 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.

5. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?
(a) She switched back and forth between English and Spanish.
(b) She uses ghetto slang too often.
(c) She writes in Spanish too much.
(d) It reflects the polished, academic style taught in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does Moraga live?

2. The woman in "The Pilgrimage" was a child at the time and wondered about _________________.

3. What does Moraga insert into her prose?

4. Why does Moraga refuse to give up her old typewriter?

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

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