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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?
(a) 1,200
(b) 4,000
(c) 2,250
(d) 750

2. What Spanish word in the story refers to the store where Cleofilas goes to buy a hair rinse?
(a) Palacio
(b) Cocina
(c) Baño
(d) Farmacia

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Victor Diaz
(b) Juan Carlos
(c) Don Serafin
(d) Juan Pedro

4. Of Cleofilas, the narrator says, “Sometimes she thinks of her father’s house. But how could she go back there?” She considers that doing so would be what?
(a) Returning to a captor
(b) Committing suicide
(c) A disgrace
(d) A confession

5. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?
(a) They have had a baby
(b) His father insists he marry or he will be disinherited
(c) She is pregnant
(d) He can’t take much time off work

Short Answer Questions

1. In some variations of the legend of La Llorona, she merges into what mistress of the conqueror Hernan Cortes?

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 is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. 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?

5. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?

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