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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) Animals
(b) Friends
(c) Children
(d) Husbands

2. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?
(a) Roses
(b) Sunflowers
(c) Orchids
(d) Cockscombs

3. What does the Spanish word “viejas” translate to in English?
(a) Gentleman
(b) Old women
(c) Beautiful girl
(d) Dirty boy

4. Seguin, Texas is located in what county?
(a) Guadalupe County
(b) Camp County
(c) Trinity County
(d) Fisher County

5. What is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Juan Pedro Gomez Mendoza
(b) Juan Pedro Martinez Sanchez
(c) Juan Pedro Garcia Silva
(d) Juan Pedro Romero Munoz

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase used in the story translates to “princess”?

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

3. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?

4. What does Cleofilas’ father say to her “in the hubbub of parting” in the beginning of the story?

5. Describing Seguin, Texas, the narrator states “This town with its silly pride for” what “the size of a baby carriage in front of the city hall”?

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