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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 Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?
(a) Grosero
(b) Zocalo
(c) Farmacia
(d) Arroyo

2. At what business does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas in order to drive her to the bus station?
(a) The ice house
(b) The K-mart
(c) The Cash-N-Carry
(d) The Walgreens

3. What does Juan Pedro do after beating Cleofilas for the first time, and the times after it?
(a) He calls his mother
(b) He weeps
(c) He beats himself
(d) He laughs

4. Who does the truck belong to that Felice picks Cleofilas up in?
(a) Maria
(b) Felice
(c) Graciela
(d) Soledad

5. Graciela tells her friend on the phone that she would take Cleofilas to the bus station herself, but Cleofilas needs to be gone before what?
(a) The sun comes up
(b) The sun goes down
(c) The weekend
(d) Her husband gets home from work

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Spanish author Corin Tellado born?

2. In the beginning of the story, Cleofilas’ father imagines her one day dreaming of returning to what “that never ended”?

3. What does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?

4. Cleofilas thinks as she laments her unhappy marriage, “Everything happened to women with names like” what?

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?

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