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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 does the narrator describe Cleofilas buying in the center of the town where she grew up in “that will appear in a day and a half as a pimple on her backside”?
(a) A milk shake
(b) A slice of cake
(c) A burrito
(d) Chocolate chip cookies

2. What word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?
(a) Appalling
(b) Grisly
(c) Ironic
(d) Revelation

3. Because Cleofilas’ first child was turned backwards, she had what performed?
(a) A hysterectomy
(b) A cesarean section
(c) A vasectomy
(d) An abortion

4. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?
(a) Sonora
(b) Coahuila
(c) Michoacán
(d) Tabasco

5. The laughter that emerges from Cleofilas’ throat at the end of the story is described as “a long ribbon of laughter” like what?
(a) Water
(b) An avalanche
(c) Wind
(d) Lava

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time is Cleofilas’ doctor’s appointment when she goes to see about the health of her second pregnancy?

2. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?

3. Regarding Cleofilas’ feelings for Juan Pedro, the narrator states, “She has to remind herself why she loves him when she changes” what?

4. What kind of vehicle is Felice driving when she arrives to meet Cleofilas?

5. How many sons did Dolores lose in the last war?

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