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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 item does Cleofilas lament not having in her home with Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) A dishwasher
(b) A radio
(c) A washing machine
(d) A television

2. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?
(a) Fences
(b) Curtains
(c) Walls
(d) Doors

3. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?
(a) With a piece of fruit
(b) With a new fork
(c) With fresh napkins
(d) On a separate plate

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?
(a) Chela
(b) Soledad
(c) Felice
(d) Lucia

5. 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 beer
(d) A glass of whiskey

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Graciela mean in Spanish?

2. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that in Seguin there is no “huddled whispering on the church steps each Sunday” because here the whispering begins where at sunset?

3. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “that life”?

4. The cover of a Mexican news–magazine that depicts graphic images of death and mutilation is described by the narrator as having a lover on the cover photographed with what object that “she used to salvage her good name”?

5. Cleofilas imagines that she will wear outfits like what television star once she lives in America?

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