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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine has the ill fortune of falling in love with the beautiful son of what family?
(a) The Ortiz family
(b) The Arrocha family
(c) The Morales family
(d) The Hernandez family

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

3. 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?
(a) The sun comes up
(b) The weekend
(c) Her husband gets home from work
(d) The sun goes down

4. What does the laundromat attendant yell at Cleofilas for after her son is born?
(a) Letting him run around naked
(b) Breast feeding him
(c) Letting him cry constantly
(d) Changing his diapers

5. On what day of the week does Graciela’s friend agree to take Cleofilas to the bus station?
(a) Sunday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Monday

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

7. What does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?
(a) Hanging her clothes to dry
(b) Leaving the machines unattended
(c) Overloading the machines
(d) Putting too much soap in the machines

8. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “It is not good for your health”?
(a) En el otro lado
(b) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe
(c) Mi querida
(d) No es bueno para la salud

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

10. In the folk tale of La Llorona which is cited in “Woman Hollering Creek,” the heroine is not allowed into heaven until she has found what?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her Bible
(c) Her husband
(d) Her children

11. Where does Cleofilas put her bags when she meets Felice at the end of the story?
(a) In the back of the truck
(b) In the passenger seat
(c) In the trunk of the car
(d) On top of the sedan

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

13. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?
(a) Suave shampoo
(b) Bayer aspirin
(c) Bic razors
(d) Lubriderm lotion

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

15. What flowers in Dolores’ garden have a sad scent that “reminded Cleofilas of the dead”?
(a) Sunflowers
(b) Roses
(c) Cockscombs
(d) Orchids

Short Answer Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine is a poor country girl from where?

2. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. What is Graciela’s position in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

5. How does Cleofilas feel about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?

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