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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What town does Juan Pedro take Cleofilas to live in after they wed?
(a) Laredo, Texas
(b) Seguin, Texas
(c) Dallas, Texas
(d) Austin, Texas

3. What does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) A glass of whiskey
(b) Gin and tonic
(c) A beer
(d) A margarita

4. What Spanish phrase is translated in the story as “You or No One”?
(a) No es bueno para la salud
(b) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe.
(c) En el otro lado
(d) Tu o Nadie

5. What word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?
(a) Revelation
(b) Grisly
(c) Appalling
(d) Ironic

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish term does the author use to refer to a rude or indecent person?

2. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?

3. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?

4. The narrator states early in the story, “To suffer for love is” what?

5. On the nights when Juan Pedro does not come home, Cleofilas is said to lie on “her side of the bed listening to the hollow roar of” what?

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