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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The interstate
(b) The owls
(c) The wind
(d) The thunder

2. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?
(a) Mexico City
(b) Laredo
(c) Monclova
(d) Seguin

3. What is Juan Pedro described as kicking when he says “he hates this shitty house and is going out”?
(a) The television
(b) The oven
(c) The cabinets
(d) The refrigerator

4. How is Juan Pedro’s vehicle described in the beginning of the story?
(a) An old sedan
(b) A new convertible
(c) A new pickup
(d) An old semi

5. What is the name of the wealthy son that the heroine of Maria de Nadie falls in love with?
(a) Enrique Antonio
(b) Juan Carlos
(c) Victor Silvio
(d) Horacio Pedro

Short Answer Questions

1. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?

2. Cleofilas believes that Juan Pedro has “a very important position” at a company that makes what?

3. What is the name of the woman who drowns her children in the legend of “La Llorona”?

4. Felice asks Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “Did you ever notice how nothing around here is named after” what?

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

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