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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 dog
(b) The sheep
(c) The cows
(d) The rooster

2. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?
(a) 1983
(b) 1991
(c) 2002
(d) 1975

3. To whose house does Cleofilas slip away occasionally to watch telenovelas?
(a) Lucia Mendez’s
(b) Don Serafin’s
(c) Soledad’s
(d) Graciela’s

4. In some variations of the legend of La Llorona, she merges into what mistress of the conqueror Hernan Cortes?
(a) La Malinche
(b) La Consentida
(c) La Viuda
(d) La Llorona

5. The narrator states early in the story, “To suffer for love is” what?
(a) Essential
(b) Expected
(c) Good
(d) Terrible

6. What is translated from Spanish as “who knows, beyond the Indians”?
(a) No es bueno para la salud
(b) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe
(c) Tu o Nadie
(d) En el otro lado

7. The name “Dolores” means what in Spanish?
(a) Beautiful
(b) Sorrow
(c) Intelligent
(d) Honest

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

9. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?
(a) Laredo
(b) Seguin
(c) Mexico City
(d) Monclova

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

11. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?
(a) Yosemite Sam
(b) A banshee
(c) Tarzan
(d) A monkey

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

13. The narrator describes the character of Maximiliano how in the story?
(a) The hardworking miner
(b) The lazy bank teller
(c) The foul-smelling fool from across the road
(d) The well-dressed businessman from across town

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

15. The character of Felice represents what to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Independence
(b) Adultery
(c) Inadequacy
(d) Abuse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

2. What word from the story means “creek” in Spanish?

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

4. What kind of vehicle is Felice driving when she arrives to meet Cleofilas?

5. Where does Cleofilas air out her husband’s shoes each evening?

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