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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?
(a) Emphysema
(b) Grief
(c) Cancer
(d) A heart attack
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 Consentida
(c) La Malinche
(d) La Llorona
3. It is pointed out in “Woman Hollering Creek” that Cleofilas does not speak what language?
(a) Mandarin
(b) English
(c) Spanish
(d) Italian
4. 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
5. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Fish
(c) Cats
(d) Dogs
Short Answer Questions
1. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?
2. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?
3. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?
4. The thoughts of Cleofilas’ father in the opening of “Woman Hollering Creek” are an example of what literary device?
5. Where does Juan Pedro say he’ll take Cleofilas to buy her wedding dress?
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