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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleofilas thinks as she laments her unhappy marriage, “Everything happened to women with names like” what?
(a) Poetry
(b) Jewels
(c) Europeans
(d) Birds

2. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?
(a) Que vida
(b) La consentida
(c) Mal aire
(d) Mi querida

3. “Woman Hollering Creek” follows what style of plot structure?
(a) Linear
(b) Epic
(c) Gothic
(d) Episodic

4. When did Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) 1649
(b) 1308
(c) 1784
(d) 1521

5. What town does Juan Pedro take Cleofilas to live in after they wed?
(a) Austin, Texas
(b) Dallas, Texas
(c) Seguin, Texas
(d) Laredo, Texas

Short Answer Questions

1. The laughter that emerges from Cleofilas’ throat at the end of the story is described as “a long ribbon of laughter” like what?

2. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?

3. The first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas, the narrator describes her lip bleeding like what?

4. Because Cleofilas’ first child was turned backwards, she had what performed?

5. What Spanish word in the story refers to the store where Cleofilas goes to buy a hair rinse?

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