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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trees outside of Cleofilas’ home are said to rustle “like ladies in stiff petticoats”?
(a) Peach trees
(b) Pecan trees
(c) Apple trees
(d) Almond trees

2. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Felice
(b) Maria
(c) Dolores
(d) Trini

3. What cartoon character is described on the baby blanket that Cleofilas lays by the creek?
(a) Mickey Mouse
(b) Speedy Gonzales
(c) Woody Woodpecker
(d) Donald Duck

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

5. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) Her hair
(b) Newspapers
(c) Napkins
(d) Thread

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?

2. What does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?

3. Seguin, Texas is located in what county?

4. How does the narrator describe Cleofilas’ brothers in the beginning of the story?

5. When was Sandra Cisneros born?

(see the answer key)

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