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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 was more educated.
(c) She was a lesbian.
(d) She could calm him down.

2. What does Cecilia do when in her dream she sees Deborah on the other side of the window with the burglar?
(a) She smashes the window.
(b) She closes the blinds.
(c) She calls 911.
(d) She does not let her in.

3. What does a crazy woman do in the restaurant where Moraga is working?
(a) Takes off all her clothes.
(b) Pours coffee on a stranger.
(c) Screams about Jesus coming soon.
(d) Sprays the fire extinguisher.

4. 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.

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

6. Which notable person does Moraga mention in "What Does It Take?"
(a) Leonard Bernstein.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Harvey Milk.
(d) Paul McCartney.

7. What images does Moraga talk about in "Winter of Oppression, 1982?"
(a) The My Lai Massacre.
(b) The Holocaust.
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(d) The September 11 attacks.

8. Who is Cecilia's lover?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Anne Marie.

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

10. Moraga's various identities have particularly affected her life with _____________.
(a) her employers.
(b) her family.
(c) her editors.
(d) her friends.

11. When they are at a friend's house, Cecilia feels like __________________________.
(a) Her heart is closing up toward Deborah.
(b) She wants to take cooking lessons.
(c) She needs a vacation.
(d) She would like to stay forever.

12. What does Moraga contemplate in "Hearts?"
(a) How to be a good lover.
(b) How to live a happy life.
(c) How to make more money.
(d) How to recover from a war no one knew about.

13. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Cassie.
(d) Celine.

14. In "The Voices of the Fallers," falling is compared to the experience of _________________.
(a) Being an open lesbian.
(b) Flying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Dying.

15. What is the dominant theme in the poems in this section?
(a) The right for same-sex couples to marry.
(b) The difficulty of a lesbian accepting who she is.
(c) The discrimination against lesbians.
(d) The parental influence over lesbians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moraga say the women's movement has some latent racism in it?

2. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

3. Moraga speaks both English and ____________.

4. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.

5. Who is the author of these stories?

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