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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 "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.
(a) An old car.
(b) A vintage dress.
(c) An old typewriter.
(d) A high school yearbook.

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

3. What had Moraga and her mother suspected about her father?
(a) He smoked pot.
(b) He was unfaithful.
(c) He was a homosexual.
(d) He was a closet alcoholic.

4. Moraga says that it is only ___________ who ever get any attention.
(a) Men.
(b) Crooks.
(c) Pretty girls.
(d) Athletes.

5. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?
(a) War.
(b) Repressed sexuality.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Lost love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Moraga's various identities have particularly affected her life with _____________.

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

3. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?

4. Which of the following does Moraga write about in "For the Color of My Mother?"

5. What can Moraga not completely erase from her life?

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