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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “Woman Hollering Creek” follows what style of plot structure?
(a) Epic
(b) Gothic
(c) Linear
(d) Episodic

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

3. Dolores’ husband is said to have died from what in the story?
(a) Grief
(b) Cancer
(c) A heart attack
(d) Emphysema

4. 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 grocery store
(c) The courthouse
(d) The ice house

5. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?
(a) His wife
(b) His brother
(c) His son
(d) His mother

6. On what day of the week does Dolores take flowers to the grave of her husband and sons?
(a) Thursday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Wednesday

7. La Llorona in "Woman Hollering Creek" represents an archetype for the woman who suffers endlessly for what?
(a) Wealth
(b) Children
(c) Knowledge
(d) Love

8. What does the name Graciela mean in Spanish?
(a) Grain
(b) Grace
(c) Green
(d) Gecko

9. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?
(a) Zocalo
(b) Arroyo
(c) Farmacia
(d) Grosero

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

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

12. The narrator says early in the story, “But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, has been whispering and sighing and giggling for, has been anticipating since she was old enough to lean against the window displays of gauze and butterflies and lace, is” what?
(a) Passion
(b) Peace
(c) Prominence
(d) Purpose

13. What Spanish phrase in the narrative translates to “bad luck”?
(a) Mal aire
(b) Mala suerte
(c) Mariachi
(d) Mi querida

14. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?
(a) Michoacán
(b) Tabasco
(c) Coahuila
(d) Sonora

15. Woman Hollering Creek is known as the creek one passes on their way where, according to the narrator?
(a) Austin, Texas
(b) Laredo, Texas
(c) San Antonio, Texas
(d) Seguin, Texas

Short Answer Questions

1. Graciela tells her friend on the phone that she would take Cleofilas to the bus station herself, but Cleofilas needs to be gone before what?

2. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?

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

4. What Spanish term does the author use to refer to a rude or indecent person?

5. Felice says to Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “I guess you’re only famous if you’re” what?

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