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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191 - 213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why Moraga's mother asked her to speak to her father about his presumed homosexuality?
(a) She was his favorite.
(b) She could calm him down.
(c) She was more educated.
(d) She was a lesbian.

2. Why had Moraga abandoned so many aspects of her Indian culture when she was young?
(a) It was what her mother wanted.
(b) It was convenient to be white.
(c) It was a religious thing.
(d) It was what all the kids were doing.

3. In "La Guera" what does Moraga say made her life easier for her?
(a) Her social status.
(b) Her education.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her light skin.

4. Which of the following does the narrator do in "November Again?"
(a) Licks the stone.
(b) Passes the naked woman.
(c) Picks up a stone.
(d) All of these.

5. How old was Moraga when she had an experience that she thought must be what death is like?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 27.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.

2. According to Paz, the chingada is the ____________ partner.

3. Moraga feels that ___________ which is/are based on some specific minority culture seems doomed to failure in America.

4. What color soil does Moraga speak about in "La Danzante?"

5. What type of relationship do White Supremacists want with blacks?

(see the answer key)

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