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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trees outside of Cleofilas’ home are said to rustle “like ladies in stiff petticoats”?
(a) Apple trees
(b) Peach trees
(c) Almond trees
(d) Pecan trees

2. Of the “truth” that Cleofilas sees the men attempting to find at the bar, the narrator says that it “gurgles in the throat, it rolls across the surface of the tongue, and erupts from the lips” as what?
(a) A poem
(b) A belch
(c) Insight
(d) Insults

3. What flowers in Dolores’ garden have a sad scent that “reminded Cleofilas of the dead”?
(a) Sunflowers
(b) Orchids
(c) Cockscombs
(d) Roses

4. At what time is Cleofilas’ doctor’s appointment when she goes to see about the health of her second pregnancy?
(a) 4:00
(b) 3:30
(c) 2:00
(d) 5:30

5. Cleofilas imagines that who will be jealous of her after she’s moved to America and has a nice house?
(a) Chela
(b) Trini
(c) Felice
(d) Soledad

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Mexico win independence from Spain?

3. What word from the story means “creek” in Spanish?

4. The narrator compares Cleofilas’ father’s head with what in the beginning of the story?

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ son in the story?

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