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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does Graciela’s friend agree to take Cleofilas to the bus station?
(a) Monday
(b) Sunday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday

2. How many brothers did Sandra Cisneros grow up with?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 9

3. In some variations of the legend of La Llorona, she merges into what mistress of the conqueror Hernan Cortes?
(a) La Llorona
(b) La Malinche
(c) La Consentida
(d) La Viuda

4. Graciela’s friend agrees to meet Cleofilas at a business by what interstate in order to take her to the bus station?
(a) I-35
(b) I-70
(c) I-5
(d) I-10

5. What is Cleofilas’ full name in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Cleofilas Chiquita Ramirez Sanchez
(b) Cleofilas Enriqueta DeLeon Hernandez
(c) Cleofilas Isabella Rodriguez Martinez
(d) Cleofilas Juanita Ortiz Gomez

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Graciela tells her friend on the phone that she would take Cleofilas to the bus station herself, but Cleofilas needs to be gone before what?

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

5. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?

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