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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?
(a) The beer he drinks
(b) Eating sweets
(c) The wine he drinks
(d) Eating too much meat

2. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?
(a) Soledad
(b) Maria
(c) Felice
(d) Dolores

3. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine has the ill fortune of falling in love with the beautiful son of what family?
(a) The Ortiz family
(b) The Arrocha family
(c) The Morales family
(d) The Hernandez family

4. What is Cleofilas’ full name in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Cleofilas Isabella Rodriguez Martinez
(b) Cleofilas Enriqueta DeLeon Hernandez
(c) Cleofilas Juanita Ortiz Gomez
(d) Cleofilas Chiquita Ramirez Sanchez

5. Regarding Cleofilas’ feelings for Juan Pedro, the narrator states, “She has to remind herself why she loves him when she changes” what?
(a) The bed sheets
(b) Her clothes
(c) Her daily routine
(d) The baby’s Pampers

Short Answer Questions

1. The creek that runs behind Cleofilas’ house in America is called what in Spanish?

2. Who does the truck belong to that Felice picks Cleofilas up in?

3. Of Woman Hollering Creek, the narrator says that “no one could say whether the woman had hollered from anger or” what?

4. What genre of which Sandra Cisneros is associated, refers to literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States?

5. What is Cleofilas’ presumed destination at the end of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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