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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the left when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Lucia
(b) Soledad
(c) Chela
(d) Graciela

2. What does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?
(a) Make
(b) Lift
(c) Well
(d) Accept

3. Which of Cleofilas’ neighbors considers herself a widow but never mentions her husband?
(a) Dolores
(b) Chela
(c) Felice
(d) Soledad

4. The thoughts of Cleofilas’ father in the opening of “Woman Hollering Creek” are an example of what literary device?
(a) Biblical allusion
(b) Assonance
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Mixed metaphor

5. The narrator says early in the story, “But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, has been whispering and sighing and giggling for, has been anticipating since she was old enough to lean against the window displays of gauze and butterflies and lace, is” what?
(a) Prominence
(b) Peace
(c) Passion
(d) Purpose

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second section of the story, the narrator speaks in direct address to the reader, asking “Did you watch last night’s episode of” what show?

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

4. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there are no what for comic relief?

5. What Spanish phrase is translated in the story as “You or No One”?

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