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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleofilas has doubts about her husband’s fidelity when she finds what arranged in the bathroom a different way?
(a) Her makeup and hairbrush
(b) Her medicine
(c) Her toothbrush
(d) Her nail clippers and file

2. What is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Juan Pedro Garcia Silva
(b) Juan Pedro Gomez Mendoza
(c) Juan Pedro Romero Munoz
(d) Juan Pedro Martinez Sanchez

3. What does the Spanish word “viejas” translate to in English?
(a) Dirty boy
(b) Gentleman
(c) Beautiful girl
(d) Old women

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

5. Who does Cleofilas suggests writing to ask for money for the new baby’s expenses?
(a) Her father
(b) Juan Pedro’s father
(c) Her mother
(d) Juan Pedro’s mother

6. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?
(a) Viejas
(b) Hijole
(c) Consentida
(d) Gritona

7. Which of Cleofilas’ neighbors considers herself a widow but never mentions her husband?
(a) Dolores
(b) Soledad
(c) Chela
(d) Felice

8. In the beginning of the story, Cleofilas’ father imagines her one day dreaming of returning to what “that never ended”?
(a) The bickering
(b) The drought
(c) The chores
(d) The roads

9. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?
(a) Soledad
(b) Dolores
(c) Maria
(d) Felice

10. Juan Pedro feels that if Cleofilas “had any brains in her head she’d realize he’s been up before” what, “earning his living”?
(a) The rooster
(b) The cows
(c) The sheep
(d) The dog

11. What is the name of Cleofilas’ son in the story?
(a) Guillermo Clemente
(b) Juan Pedrito
(c) Ricardo Xavier
(d) Alejandro Eduardo

12. How is Juan Pedro’s vehicle described in the beginning of the story?
(a) A new pickup
(b) An old sedan
(c) A new convertible
(d) An old semi

13. 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?
(a) The riverbank
(b) The ice house
(c) The courthouse
(d) The grocery store

14. Which character takes over the narration in the third section of “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Dolores
(b) Graciela
(c) Cleofilas
(d) Felice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cleofilas sits by the creek with her son in the beginning of the story, she thinks “How when a man and a woman love each other, sometimes that love” does what?

2. How is Juan Pedro said to laugh, according to the narrator?

3. What item does Cleofilas lament not having in her home with Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. Cleofilas believes that Juan Pedro has “a very important position” at a company that makes what?

5. When Felice drives across the creek with Cleofilas, she opens her mouth and lets “out a yell as loud as any” what?

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