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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 Seguin, Cleofilas feels that “the towns here are built so that you have to depend on” what?
(a) Children
(b) Friends
(c) Animals
(d) Husbands

2. 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 roads
(c) The chores
(d) The bickering

3. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?
(a) On a separate plate
(b) With fresh napkins
(c) With a piece of fruit
(d) With a new fork

4. What is Cleofilas’ presumed destination at the end of “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Her husband’s house
(b) Her mother’s house
(c) Her daughter’s house
(d) Her father’s house

5. In what year did the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end the Mexican-American war?
(a) 1904
(b) 1875
(c) 1798
(d) 1848

Short Answer Questions

1. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?

2. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?

3. The heroine of “You or No One” is said to have endured “all kinds of hardships of the heart, separation and betrayal,” but she keeps doing what “because that is the most important thing”?

4. What does Graciela say she was performing on Cleofilas when she began crying in her phone call?

5. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?

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