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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because Cleofilas’ first child was turned backwards, she had what performed?
(a) An abortion
(b) A cesarean section
(c) A vasectomy
(d) A hysterectomy

2. What does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) A glass of whiskey
(b) Gin and tonic
(c) A beer
(d) A margarita

3. What is Graciela’s position in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) She is a musician
(b) She is a librarian
(c) She is a physician
(d) She is a seamstress

4. In Graciela’s phone call in the third section of the story, she tells her friend she can’t talk louder because she’s where?
(a) At school
(b) At the library
(c) In church
(d) At work

5. In some variations of the legend of La Llorona, she merges into what mistress of the conqueror Hernan Cortes?
(a) La Viuda
(b) La Malinche
(c) La Llorona
(d) La Consentida

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?

2. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there is no what in sight?

3. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that in Seguin there is no “huddled whispering on the church steps each Sunday” because here the whispering begins where at sunset?

4. What is Cleofilas’ full name in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

5. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?

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