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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 word from the story means “creek” in Spanish?
(a) Farmacia
(b) Telenovelas
(c) Arroyo
(d) Zocalo

2. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?
(a) Closer together in Seguin
(b) Dingier in Seguin
(c) Further apart in Seguin
(d) More ornate in Seguin

3. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “that life”?
(a) Entiendes? Pues
(b) Que vida
(c) Mala suerte
(d) Tu o Nadie

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

5. At what business does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas in order to drive her to the bus station?
(a) The Walgreens
(b) The Cash-N-Carry
(c) The K-mart
(d) The ice house

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers in Dolores’ garden are described as “fringed and bleeding a thick menstrual color”?

2. What is Cleofilas doing when Maximiliano makes a rude gesture implying she needs to have sex?

3. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”

4. What is the heroine’s relationship to the family whose son she falls in love with in Maria de Nadie?

5. The narrative of “Woman Hollering Creek” is related primarily from what point of view?

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