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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name “Soledad” mean in Spanish?
(a) Loneliness
(b) Wonder
(c) Regret
(d) Happiness

2. On what day of the week does Graciela’s friend agree to take Cleofilas to the bus station?
(a) Thursday
(b) Saturday
(c) Monday
(d) Sunday

3. La Llorona in "Woman Hollering Creek" represents an archetype for the woman who suffers endlessly for what?
(a) Children
(b) Knowledge
(c) Wealth
(d) Love

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

5. In what year did the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end the Mexican-American war?
(a) 1848
(b) 1875
(c) 1798
(d) 1904

Short Answer Questions

1. Cleofilas considers her hometown to be “The town of gossips. The town of dust and” what?

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

3. Cleofilas has doubts about her husband’s fidelity when she finds what arranged in the bathroom a different way?

4. What word from the short story refers to limited–run serial dramatic television shows that are popular in Latin America?

5. Seguin, Texas is located in what county?

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