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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) Juan Carlos
(b) Enrique Antonio
(c) Victor Silvio
(d) Horacio Pedro

2. Felice tells Cleofilas that she used to have what kind of car?
(a) A Dodge Charger
(b) A Chevrolet Corvette
(c) A Pontiac Sunbird
(d) A Ford Mustang

3. Of the “truth” that Cleofilas sees the men attempting to find at the bar, the narrator says that it “gurgles in the throat, it rolls across the surface of the tongue, and erupts from the lips” as what?
(a) A belch
(b) Insight
(c) Insults
(d) A poem

4. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?
(a) Arroyo
(b) Grosero
(c) Zocalo
(d) Farmacia

5. Which of Cleofilas’ neighbors considers herself a widow but never mentions her husband?
(a) Felice
(b) Chela
(c) Soledad
(d) Dolores

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Juan Pedro’s vehicle described in the beginning of the story?

2. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to the bus station in what city during her phone call?

3. The narrative of “Woman Hollering Creek” is related primarily from what point of view?

4. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro is not very tall and doesn’t look like the men on what?

5. The narrator says early in the story, “But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, has been whispering and sighing and giggling for, has been anticipating since she was old enough to lean against the window displays of gauze and butterflies and lace, is” what?

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