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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 comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?
(a) More ornate in Seguin
(b) Dingier in Seguin
(c) Closer together in Seguin
(d) Further apart in Seguin

2. Where does Cleofilas find Juan Pedro’s whiskers every morning?
(a) On the table
(b) On the floor
(c) In the bed
(d) In the sink

3. When did Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) 1521
(b) 1784
(c) 1649
(d) 1308

4. What flowers in Dolores’ garden have a sad scent that “reminded Cleofilas of the dead”?
(a) Cockscombs
(b) Roses
(c) Orchids
(d) Sunflowers

5. Where had Cleofilas seen women being struck before her husband began beating her?
(a) At a train station
(b) In a brothel
(c) At the ice house
(d) On the telenovelas

Short Answer Questions

1. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?

2. The narrator compares Cleofilas’ father’s head with what in the beginning of the story?

3. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?

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

5. What item does Cleofilas lament not having in her home with Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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