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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?
(a) With a piece of fruit
(b) With fresh napkins
(c) On a separate plate
(d) With a new fork

2. How does Cleofilas feel about Felice?
(a) She disapproves of her
(b) She dislikes her
(c) She is frightened of her
(d) She is amazed by her

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

4. In Seguin, Cleofilas feels that “the towns here are built so that you have to depend on” what?
(a) Husbands
(b) Friends
(c) Animals
(d) Children

5. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?
(a) Viejas
(b) Gritona
(c) Consentida
(d) Hijole

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Cleofilas, the narrator says, “Sometimes she thinks of her father’s house. But how could she go back there?” She considers that doing so would be what?

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

3. What does the narrator say Cleofilas had always said she would do “if a man, any man, were to strike her”?

4. It is pointed out in “Woman Hollering Creek” that Cleofilas does not speak what language?

5. Cleofilas is said to have always been talented at what?

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