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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Graciela’s friend agrees to meet Cleofilas at a business by what interstate in order to take her to the bus station?
(a) I-35
(b) I-70
(c) I-5
(d) I-10

3. Who does Cleofilas suggests writing to ask for money for the new baby’s expenses?
(a) Juan Pedro’s father
(b) Juan Pedro’s mother
(c) Her father
(d) Her mother

4. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?
(a) Sunflowers
(b) Cockscombs
(c) Orchids
(d) Roses

5. On what day of the week does Graciela’s friend agree to take Cleofilas to the bus station?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cleofilas feel about the name of 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 is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?

5. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?

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