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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does author Sandra Cisneros live?
(a) Laredo, Texas
(b) San Antonio, Texas
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) Seguin, Texas

2. By what term does the narrator refer to the local bar where Juan Pedro drinks?
(a) The chugging pit
(b) The palace of suds
(c) The ice house
(d) The intoxication station

3. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?
(a) 2,250
(b) 750
(c) 4,000
(d) 1,200

4. The narrator describes the character of Maximiliano how in the story?
(a) The hardworking miner
(b) The lazy bank teller
(c) The foul-smelling fool from across the road
(d) The well-dressed businessman from across town

5. Felice asks Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “Did you ever notice how nothing around here is named after” what?
(a) A human being
(b) A woman
(c) An animal
(d) The Bible

Short Answer Questions

1. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?

2. What does the baby do as he pulls up fistfuls of grass by the creek?

3. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?

4. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “It is not good for your health”?

5. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?

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