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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the heroine of “You or No One”?
(a) Lucia Mendez
(b) Cleofilas
(c) Dolores
(d) Graciela

2. In some variations of the legend of La Llorona, she merges into what mistress of the conqueror Hernan Cortes?
(a) La Viuda
(b) La Malinche
(c) La Llorona
(d) La Consentida

3. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?
(a) Romance novels
(b) Historical novels
(c) Science fiction novels
(d) Modernist novels

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

5. The laughter that emerges from Cleofilas’ throat at the end of the story is described as “a long ribbon of laughter” like what?
(a) An avalanche
(b) Water
(c) Wind
(d) Lava

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”

2. Where does Cleofilas put her bags when she meets Felice at the end of the story?

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

4. In Seguin, Cleofilas feels that “the towns here are built so that you have to depend on” what?

5. Juan Pedro throws a book across the room and leaves a hot welt where on Cleofilas?

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