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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moraga speaks both English and ____________.
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

2. How does Moraga visualize men in "Anatomy Lesson?"
(a) As dogs.
(b) As priests.
(c) As policemen.
(d) As soldiers.

3. What imagery does Moraga use in "Heading East" to compare how male-dominated society tries to marginalize women?
(a) A factory line.
(b) A retail store.
(c) A pressure cooker.
(d) A car with a hole in one of its pipes.

4. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.
(a) is ambidextrous.
(b) is a lesbian.
(c) is a poet.
(d) is bilingual.

5. In "Salvation, Jesus, and Suffer" where is Moraga working?
(a) A factory.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A flower shop.
(d) A pizzeria.

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

7. Cecilia thinks of everything in terms of which of the following?
(a) Racism.
(b) All of these.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Social justice.

8. In what way does Moraga say she can be racist?
(a) In her language.
(b) In her choice of friends.
(c) In her clothes.
(d) In the books she reads.

9. In "Fear, a Love Poem" what does the narrator say has been hard for her?
(a) To accept herself for who she is.
(b) To get over her last lover.
(c) To get her driver's license.
(d) To get a college degree.

10. What is wrong with the narrator in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"
(a) She is sick with a cough.
(b) She has a sinus infection.
(c) She has tuberculosis.
(d) She has cramps.

11. What happens to Deborah when she and Cecilia stay at a friend's house?
(a) She learns to paint.
(b) She has an anxiety attack.
(c) She breaks her leg.
(d) She learns to cook.

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

13. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.
(a) Roommates.
(b) Business partners.
(c) Lab partners.
(d) Lovers.

14. Moraga's nationality is half-white and half ______________.
(a) Mexican.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

15. What was Moraga's feeling when she left her church?
(a) Joy.
(b) Relief.
(c) Sadness.
(d) No feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Voices of the Fallers," falling is compared to the experience of _________________.

2. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"

3. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?

4. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

5. What do men need to do in order for women to give up their hearts to them?

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