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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Moraga compare her friend's friend, Yves, in "For Amber?"
(a) Her coach.
(b) Her driving instructor.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mentor.

4. In "Loving in the War Years" to what does Moraga compare being in love during war?
(a) Trying to get a book published.
(b) Arguing with parents.
(c) Fighting with a lover.
(d) Being in a lesbian relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Moraga's feeling when she left her church?

3. In "You Call It, 'Amputation'" to what does Moraga compare a phantom limb?

4. Why could Moraga relate to the Holocaust victims?

5. How did Moraga feel within her church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moraga use the metaphor of a phantom limb to describe repressed sexuality in "You Call It, 'Amputation'"?

2. What important lesson does Moraga learn about oppression and marginalization when it hits close to home?

3. In "Passage", to what is Moraga referring when she says something of hers has always belonged to other people?

4. What role did the Catholic Church play in Moraga's acceptance of her lesbianism?

5. What is the dominant theme in this set of poems?

6. Why does a woman think about her knees in "The Pilgrimage?"

7. What imagery of women does Moraga use in "For the Color of My Mother"?

8. What pressure did Moraga's family put on her and what did she learn about docile obedience?

9. Why does Moraga say it is important for any activist to realize that oppression is not just exterior and how is the women's movement a subtle form of racism?

10. In "Winter of Oppression, 1982" Moraga recalls seeing horrifying images of the Holocaust but why is Moraga even more shocked to see pictures of black lynchings?

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