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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 Spanish term does the author use to refer to a rude or indecent person?
(a) Gritona
(b) Zocalo
(c) Grosero
(d) Hijole

2. Describing Seguin, Texas, the narrator states “This town with its silly pride for” what “the size of a baby carriage in front of the city hall”?
(a) A bronze pecan
(b) A quartz crystal
(c) An anchor
(d) A petrified log

3. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?
(a) Cockscombs
(b) Sunflowers
(c) Roses
(d) Orchids

4. Cleofilas and Juan Pedro plan to get married in what season?
(a) Autumn
(b) Winter
(c) Summer
(d) Spring

5. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?
(a) Fences
(b) Curtains
(c) Doors
(d) Walls

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second section of the story, the narrator speaks in direct address to the reader, asking “Did you watch last night’s episode of” what show?

2. The narrator states early in the story, “To suffer for love is” what?

3. The character of Felice represents what to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?

5. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?

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