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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 does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) A margarita
(b) Gin and tonic
(c) A glass of whiskey
(d) A beer

2. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro is not very tall and doesn’t look like the men on what?
(a) The magazines
(b) The newspapers
(c) The nightly news
(d) The telenovelas

3. Graciela tells her friend on the telephone that Cleofilas has what all over her body?
(a) Sores
(b) Bruises
(c) Warts
(d) Hair

4. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) His father insists he marry or he will be disinherited
(c) He can’t take much time off work
(d) They have had a baby

5. What phrase used in the story translates to “princess”?
(a) Tu o Nadie
(b) Que vida
(c) La Llorona
(d) La consentida

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?

2. To whose house does Cleofilas slip away occasionally to watch telenovelas?

3. What Spanish phrase is translated in the story as “You or No One”?

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 Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?

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