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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 is the name of the wealthy son that the heroine of Maria de Nadie falls in love with?
(a) Horacio Pedro
(b) Juan Carlos
(c) Enrique Antonio
(d) Victor Silvio

2. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?
(a) 1991
(b) 2002
(c) 1983
(d) 1975

3. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?
(a) Beer and cigarettes
(b) Incense and candles
(c) Cats
(d) Diapers

4. What trees outside of Cleofilas’ home are said to rustle “like ladies in stiff petticoats”?
(a) Pecan trees
(b) Almond trees
(c) Apple trees
(d) Peach trees

5. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?
(a) A grandmother
(b) A wildflower
(c) A Mexican saint
(d) A Queen of Spain

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the folk tale of La Llorona which is cited in “Woman Hollering Creek,” the heroine is not allowed into heaven until she has found what?

3. What does Juan Pedro do after beating Cleofilas for the first time, and the times after it?

4. What is the name of the woman who drowns her children in the legend of “La Llorona”?

5. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “that life”?

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