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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) Arroyo
(b) Zocalo
(c) Grosero
(d) Farmacia

2. What is Juan Pedro said to do in public by the narrator?
(a) Cuts his fingernails
(b) Weeps openly
(c) Cuts his hair
(d) Beats the children

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

4. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro’s face is still scarred from what?
(a) Knife fights
(b) War
(c) The sun
(d) Acne

5. Cleofilas makes the discovery in “Woman Hollering Creek” that the only love that endures is what?
(a) The love between boy and girl
(b) The love between parent and child
(c) The love between God and man
(d) The love between a person and themselves

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Graciela’s position in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to the bus station in what city during her phone call?

3. What flowers in Dolores’ garden have a sad scent that “reminded Cleofilas of the dead”?

4. What does Juan Pedro do after beating Cleofilas for the first time, and the times after it?

5. The narrative of “Woman Hollering Creek” is related primarily from what point of view?

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