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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Moraga's mother, a good man ___________________.
(a) Orders for the woman in a restaurant.
(b) Leads the woman in a dance.
(c) Always opens the car door.
(d) Walks on the curb side of the sidewalk.

3. In "The Pilgrimage" a woman recalls her mother telling her that women would crawl into _______________.
(a) Bars.
(b) Church.
(c) Bed.
(d) Schools.

4. What comes with admitting your sexual preferences?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Hate.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moraga see the oppressor?

2. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

3. When did Moraga begin to identify with oppressed groups?

4. To whom does Moraga compare her friend's friend, Yves, in "For Amber?"

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

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