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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cleofilas feel about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Terrified
(b) Fascinated
(c) Uninterested
(d) Offended

2. What Spanish phrase in the narrative translates to “bad luck”?
(a) Mal aire
(b) Mariachi
(c) Mi querida
(d) Mala suerte

3. What does Juan Pedro do after beating Cleofilas for the first time, and the times after it?
(a) He beats himself
(b) He weeps
(c) He laughs
(d) He calls his mother

4. What Spanish word in the story refers to the store where Cleofilas goes to buy a hair rinse?
(a) Baño
(b) Farmacia
(c) Cocina
(d) Palacio

5. The narrator compares Cleofilas’ father’s head with what in the beginning of the story?
(a) A parrot
(b) A burro
(c) A catfish
(d) A wolf

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Juan Pedro described as kicking when he says “he hates this shitty house and is going out”?

2. Cleofilas is looking for her maid of honor to fulfill what conspiracy in the opening of the story?

3. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?

4. Of the men at the bar, the narrator says “If they are lucky, there are” what “at the end of the long night”?

5. Felice tells Cleofilas that she doesn’t have what?

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