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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Sandra Cisneros grow up with?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 2

2. What Spanish phrase from the story is translated as “on the other side”?
(a) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe
(b) No es bueno para la salud
(c) Tu o Nadie
(d) En el otro lado

3. When did Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) 1784
(b) 1649
(c) 1308
(d) 1521

4. In what year did Mexico win independence from Spain?
(a) 1776
(b) 1821
(c) 1844
(d) 1805

5. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?
(a) Monclova
(b) Seguin
(c) Mexico City
(d) Laredo

Short Answer Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine has the ill fortune of falling in love with the beautiful son of what family?

2. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?

3. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?

4. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?

5. In what year did the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end the Mexican-American war?

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