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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?
(a) Bic razors
(b) Lubriderm lotion
(c) Suave shampoo
(d) Bayer aspirin

2. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?
(a) Walls
(b) Doors
(c) Fences
(d) Curtains

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

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ son in the story?
(a) Juan Pedrito
(b) Alejandro Eduardo
(c) Ricardo Xavier
(d) Guillermo Clemente

5. Of the “truth” that Cleofilas sees the men attempting to find at the bar, the narrator says that it “gurgles in the throat, it rolls across the surface of the tongue, and erupts from the lips” as what?
(a) Insight
(b) Insults
(c) A poem
(d) A belch

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character takes over the narration in the third section of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. What is the heroine’s relationship to the family whose son she falls in love with in Maria de Nadie?

3. Where had Cleofilas seen women being struck before her husband began beating her?

4. What title in the short story refers to a Mexican news–magazine specializing in graphic photographs of accidents and murder victims?

5. At what business does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas in order to drive her to the bus station?

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