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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 short story refers to limited–run serial dramatic television shows that are popular in Latin America?
(a) La Malinche
(b) Telenovelas
(c) Mi querida
(d) Farmacia

2. Where had Cleofilas seen women being struck before her husband began beating her?
(a) On the telenovelas
(b) At the ice house
(c) In a brothel
(d) At a train station

3. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?
(a) Zocalo
(b) Farmacia
(c) Arroyo
(d) Grosero

4. Where does Cleofilas find Juan Pedro’s whiskers every morning?
(a) On the floor
(b) In the sink
(c) In the bed
(d) On the table

5. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?
(a) Lubriderm lotion
(b) Suave shampoo
(c) Bayer aspirin
(d) Bic razors

Short Answer Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine has the ill fortune of falling in love with the beautiful son of what family?

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

3. What is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. What does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?

5. Who is the heroine of “You or No One”?

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