View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what term does the narrator refer to the local bar where Juan Pedro drinks?
(a) The palace of suds
(b) The intoxication station
(c) The chugging pit
(d) The ice house

2. What Spanish term does the author use to refer to a rude or indecent person?
(a) Grosero
(b) Hijole
(c) Zocalo
(d) Gritona

3. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?
(a) Grief
(b) A heart attack
(c) Emphysema
(d) Cancer

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

5. Who will apply the hair rinse that Cleofilas goes to buy early in the story?
(a) Dolores
(b) Chela
(c) Maria
(d) Soledad

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story means “creek” in Spanish?

2. What does the Spanish word “viejas” translate to in English?

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

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?

5. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample