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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Sandra Cisneros grow up with?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 2
(d) 4

2. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”
(a) Entiendes? Pues
(b) La consentida
(c) Mariachi
(d) Mal aire

3. The narrator says early in the story, “But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, has been whispering and sighing and giggling for, has been anticipating since she was old enough to lean against the window displays of gauze and butterflies and lace, is” what?
(a) Prominence
(b) Passion
(c) Peace
(d) Purpose

4. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?
(a) Incense and candles
(b) Diapers
(c) Cats
(d) Beer and cigarettes

5. In the second section of the story, the narrator speaks in direct address to the reader, asking “Did you watch last night’s episode of” what show?
(a) Days of Our Lives
(b) The Rich Also Cry
(c) The Bold and the Beautiful
(d) The Farmer’s Wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?

2. The name “Dolores” means what in Spanish?

3. How many brothers does Cleofilas have in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. The first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas, the narrator describes her lip bleeding like what?

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

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