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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?
(a) A wildflower
(b) A Queen of Spain
(c) A Mexican saint
(d) A grandmother

2. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “that life”?
(a) Mala suerte
(b) Tu o Nadie
(c) Que vida
(d) Entiendes? Pues

3. Who is the laundromat attendant whom Cleofilas asks about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Dolores
(b) Trini
(c) Chela
(d) Soledad

4. What does Cleofilas’ father say to her “in the hubbub of parting” in the beginning of the story?
(a) May you live happily ever after
(b) You always were my favorite
(c) Make sure he treats you right
(d) I am your father, I will never abandon you

5. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?
(a) Monclova
(b) Laredo
(c) Seguin
(d) Mexico City

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Felice mean?

2. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?

3. What does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

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

5. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?

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