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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of the story, Cleofilas’ father imagines her one day dreaming of returning to what “that never ended”?
(a) The drought
(b) The bickering
(c) The chores
(d) The roads

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

3. Cleofilas tells her husband that she has a doctor’s appointment on what day of the week and asks him to take her?
(a) Friday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Monday

4. In what direction does Cleofilas’ father imagine her gazing when she might dream of returning home in the beginning of the story?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) West
(d) South

5. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?
(a) Cancer
(b) Grief
(c) A heart attack
(d) Emphysema

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house does Cleofilas slip away occasionally to watch telenovelas?

2. It is pointed out in “Woman Hollering Creek” that Cleofilas does not speak what language?

3. What does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

4. What does the Spanish word “viejas” translate to in English?

5. What genre of which Sandra Cisneros is associated, refers to literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States?

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