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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 does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?
(a) Lift
(b) Well
(c) Accept
(d) Make

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

3. What phrase used in the story translates to “princess”?
(a) Que vida
(b) La consentida
(c) La Llorona
(d) Tu o Nadie

4. Of the “truth” that Cleofilas sees the men attempting to find at the bar, the narrator says that it “gurgles in the throat, it rolls across the surface of the tongue, and erupts from the lips” as what?
(a) A belch
(b) Insight
(c) Insults
(d) A poem

5. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?
(a) Romance novels
(b) Historical novels
(c) Modernist novels
(d) Science fiction novels

Short Answer Questions

1. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?

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

3. Who does Cleofilas suggests writing to ask for money for the new baby’s expenses?

4. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?

5. What word from the story refers to a dead body?

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