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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 70 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Loving on the Run" with whom does the rough girl spend a lot of time?
(a) The boys from another town.
(b) The rough neighborhood boys.
(c) Her girl cousins.
(d) The Catholic school girls.

2. What does the narrator see a woman doing in "November Again?"
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Riding a bike.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Dancing naked on the beach.

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

4. With whom does Moraga identify in "No Born-Again Children?"
(a) A cartoon character.
(b) Her best friend from high school.
(c) Her lover's brother.
(d) A movie star.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moraga, what can docile obedience do to a person?

2. From which woman did all the women in Moraga's family want approval?

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

4. In "Passage" Moraga speaks about how her _____________ has never been hers to do with as she pleases.

5. Moraga blames her mother's ______________________ with making her a poor lover.

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