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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 genre of which Sandra Cisneros is associated, refers to literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States?
(a) Modernist literature
(b) Absurdist literature
(c) Chicano literature
(d) Spanish literature

2. What is Cleofilas doing when Maximiliano makes a rude gesture implying she needs to have sex?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Washing dishes
(c) Cooking dinner
(d) Sewing

3. Cleofilas believes that Juan Pedro has “a very important position” at a company that makes what?
(a) Computers
(b) Diapers
(c) Tequila
(d) Beer

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?
(a) Lucia
(b) Felice
(c) Soledad
(d) Chela

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Juan Pedro
(b) Don Serafin
(c) Victor Diaz
(d) Juan Carlos

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will apply the hair rinse that Cleofilas goes to buy early in the story?

2. Who is the laundromat attendant whom Cleofilas asks about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?

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

4. 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?

5. What Spanish phrase from the story is translated as “on the other side”?

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