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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?
(a) Sonora
(b) Coahuila
(c) Michoacán
(d) Tabasco

2. When was the Spanish author Corin Tellado born?
(a) 1940
(b) 1951
(c) 1927
(d) 1908

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Victor Diaz
(b) Juan Pedro
(c) Don Serafin
(d) Juan Carlos

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?

2. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there is no what in sight?

3. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

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

5. What does Graciela say she was performing on Cleofilas when she began crying in her phone call?

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