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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) Offended
(b) Terrified
(c) Uninterested
(d) Fascinated

2. What cartoon character is described on the baby blanket that Cleofilas lays by the creek?
(a) Donald Duck
(b) Mickey Mouse
(c) Speedy Gonzales
(d) Woody Woodpecker

3. What does “La Llorona” translate to in English?
(a) The Weeping Woman
(b) The contented one
(c) Kind person
(d) Insightful woman

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Juan Pedro
(b) Victor Diaz
(c) Don Serafin
(d) Juan Carlos

5. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?
(a) Viejas
(b) Gritona
(c) Hijole
(d) Consentida

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?

2. What does the narrator say Cleofilas had always said she would do “if a man, any man, were to strike her”?

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

4. How many brothers did Sandra Cisneros grow up with?

5. Cleofilas and Juan Pedro plan to get married in what season?

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