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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro’s face is still scarred from what?
(a) The sun
(b) Knife fights
(c) Acne
(d) War

2. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Dogs
(c) Fish
(d) Cats

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

4. What does the name Felice mean?
(a) Flower
(b) Happiness
(c) Mountain
(d) Insight

5. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?
(a) Grosero
(b) Arroyo
(c) Zocalo
(d) Farmacia

Short Answer Questions

1. Juan Pedro feels that if Cleofilas “had any brains in her head she’d realize he’s been up before” what, “earning his living”?

2. What trees outside of Cleofilas’ home are said to rustle “like ladies in stiff petticoats”?

3. Where does author Sandra Cisneros live?

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

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

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