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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who will apply the hair rinse that Cleofilas goes to buy early in the story?
(a) Dolores
(b) Chela
(c) Soledad
(d) Maria

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

4. Cleofilas tells her husband that she has a doctor’s appointment on what day of the week and asks him to take her?
(a) Friday
(b) Monday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Wednesday

5. On the nights when Juan Pedro does not come home, Cleofilas is said to lie on “her side of the bed listening to the hollow roar of” what?
(a) The owls
(b) The wind
(c) The interstate
(d) The thunder

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second section of the story, the narrator speaks in direct address to the reader, asking “Did you watch last night’s episode of” what show?

2. What title in the short story refers to a Mexican news–magazine specializing in graphic photographs of accidents and murder victims?

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?

4. What kind of vehicle is Felice driving when she arrives to meet Cleofilas?

5. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?

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