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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Felice says to Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “I guess you’re only famous if you’re” what?
(a) A mother
(b) A virgin
(c) A whore
(d) A teacher

2. When did Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) 1308
(b) 1649
(c) 1784
(d) 1521

3. The creek that runs behind Cleofilas’ house in America is called what in Spanish?
(a) Que vida
(b) Mi querida
(c) La Gritona
(d) Mala suerte

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

5. La Llorona in "Woman Hollering Creek" represents an archetype for the woman who suffers endlessly for what?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Love
(c) Children
(d) Wealth

Short Answer Questions

1. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?

2. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine is a poor country girl from where?

3. What is Juan Pedro said to do in public by the narrator?

4. How many sons did Dolores lose in the last war?

5. The thoughts of Cleofilas’ father in the opening of “Woman Hollering Creek” are an example of what literary device?

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