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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to the bus station in what city during her phone call?
(a) San Antonio
(b) Seguin
(c) Guadalupe
(d) Laredo

2. The narrative of “Woman Hollering Creek” is related primarily from what point of view?
(a) Fourth person
(b) First person
(c) Third person
(d) Second person

3. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?
(a) Cancer
(b) Emphysema
(c) Grief
(d) A heart attack

4. What is the name of the wealthy son that the heroine of Maria de Nadie falls in love with?
(a) Horacio Pedro
(b) Enrique Antonio
(c) Victor Silvio
(d) Juan Carlos

5. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Cats
(c) Fish
(d) Dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. The first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas, the narrator describes her lip bleeding like what?

2. Cleofilas is said to have always been talented at what?

3. What kind of vehicle is Felice driving when she arrives to meet Cleofilas?

4. In the folk tale of La Llorona which is cited in “Woman Hollering Creek,” the heroine is not allowed into heaven until she has found what?

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?

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