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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there are no what for comic relief?
(a) Illegitimate affairs
(b) Clown characters
(c) Commercials
(d) Funny romances

2. Who is the laundromat attendant whom Cleofilas asks about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Dolores
(b) Trini
(c) Chela
(d) Soledad

3. The narrator states early in the story, “To suffer for love is” what?
(a) Terrible
(b) Expected
(c) Good
(d) Essential

4. What Spanish phrase in the narrative translates to “bad luck”?
(a) Mi querida
(b) Mal aire
(c) Mala suerte
(d) Mariachi

5. When was Sandra Cisneros born?
(a) 1954
(b) 1946
(c) 1935
(d) 1941

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sandra Cisneros born?

2. The heroine of “You or No One” is said to have endured “all kinds of hardships of the heart, separation and betrayal,” but she keeps doing what “because that is the most important thing”?

3. Cleofilas and Juan Pedro plan to get married in what season?

4. In the folk tale of La Llorona which is cited in “Woman Hollering Creek,” the heroine is not allowed into heaven until she has found what?

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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