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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine is a poor country girl from where?
(a) Brazil
(b) Argentina
(c) Ecuador
(d) Peru

2. “Woman Hollering Creek” follows what style of plot structure?
(a) Episodic
(b) Gothic
(c) Linear
(d) Epic

3. In what year did the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end the Mexican-American war?
(a) 1875
(b) 1798
(c) 1904
(d) 1848

4. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?
(a) A Queen of Spain
(b) A wildflower
(c) A Mexican saint
(d) A grandmother

5. Cleofilas considers her hometown to be “The town of gossips. The town of dust and” what?
(a) Deceit
(b) Devils
(c) Despair
(d) Demons

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sandra Cisneros born?

2. Who does Cleofilas suggests writing to ask for money for the new baby’s expenses?

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

4. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “It is not good for your health”?

5. When was Sandra Cisneros born?

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