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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cleofilas makes the discovery in “Woman Hollering Creek” that the only love that endures is what?
(a) The love between God and man
(b) The love between boy and girl
(c) The love between parent and child
(d) The love between a person and themselves

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

3. 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 Bible
(b) Her mother
(c) Her children
(d) Her husband

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

5. Of Woman Hollering Creek, the narrator says that “no one could say whether the woman had hollered from anger or” what?
(a) Pain
(b) Pity
(c) Confusion
(d) Sadness

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

7. 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 Arrocha family
(b) The Hernandez family
(c) The Ortiz family
(d) The Morales family

8. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?
(a) A Mexican saint
(b) A Queen of Spain
(c) A grandmother
(d) A wildflower

9. What is Cleofilas’ presumed destination at the end of “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Her husband’s house
(b) Her father’s house
(c) Her mother’s house
(d) Her daughter’s house

10. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?
(a) Fences
(b) Walls
(c) Curtains
(d) Doors

11. What does Cleofilas’ father say to her “in the hubbub of parting” in the beginning of the story?
(a) Make sure he treats you right
(b) You always were my favorite
(c) I am your father, I will never abandon you
(d) May you live happily ever after

12. Felice tells Cleofilas that she used to have what kind of car?
(a) A Chevrolet Corvette
(b) A Ford Mustang
(c) A Pontiac Sunbird
(d) A Dodge Charger

13. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to what bus station?
(a) The Greyhound Station
(b) The Arroyo Station
(c) The Corpus Station
(d) The Amtrak Station

14. Of the men at the bar, the narrator says “If they are lucky, there are” what “at the end of the long night”?
(a) Hugs
(b) Revelations
(c) Fights
(d) Tears

15. What is the name of the wealthy son that the heroine of Maria de Nadie falls in love with?
(a) Victor Silvio
(b) Juan Carlos
(c) Horacio Pedro
(d) Enrique Antonio

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?

3. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?

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

5. At what time is Cleofilas’ doctor’s appointment when she goes to see about the health of her second pregnancy?

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