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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons did Dolores lose in the last war?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 4

2. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?
(a) Cats
(b) Incense and candles
(c) Beer and cigarettes
(d) Diapers

3. In what direction does Cleofilas’ father imagine her gazing when she might dream of returning home in the beginning of the story?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) West
(d) North

4. To whose house does Cleofilas slip away occasionally to watch telenovelas?
(a) Don Serafin’s
(b) Graciela’s
(c) Soledad’s
(d) Lucia Mendez’s

5. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?
(a) Roses
(b) Sunflowers
(c) Cockscombs
(d) Orchids

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. Where does Cleofilas air out her husband’s shoes each evening?

3. Cleofilas is looking for her maid of honor to fulfill what conspiracy in the opening of the story?

4. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?

5. What does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?

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