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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 that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?
(a) A monkey
(b) Yosemite Sam
(c) A banshee
(d) Tarzan

2. By what term does the narrator refer to the local bar where Juan Pedro drinks?
(a) The ice house
(b) The palace of suds
(c) The chugging pit
(d) The intoxication station

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

4. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?
(a) The wine he drinks
(b) Eating too much meat
(c) The beer he drinks
(d) Eating sweets

5. What does “La Llorona” translate to in English?
(a) Kind person
(b) Insightful woman
(c) The Weeping Woman
(d) The contented one

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?

4. Where does author Sandra Cisneros live?

5. Regarding Cleofilas’ feelings for Juan Pedro, the narrator states, “She has to remind herself why she loves him when she changes” what?

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