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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 word from the story refers to a dead body?
(a) Extant
(b) Comrade
(c) Cadaver
(d) Impresario

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

3. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?
(a) Fish
(b) Dogs
(c) Monkeys
(d) Cats

4. What word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?
(a) Ironic
(b) Appalling
(c) Revelation
(d) Grisly

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ son in the story?
(a) Juan Pedrito
(b) Alejandro Eduardo
(c) Guillermo Clemente
(d) Ricardo Xavier

Short Answer Questions

1. What cartoon character is described on the baby blanket that Cleofilas lays by the creek?

2. What Spanish term does the author use to refer to a rude or indecent person?

3. What does “La Llorona” translate to in English?

4. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?

5. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?

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