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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares the men of the bar do what creatures, “chasing their own tails before lying down to sleep”?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Dogs
(c) Fish
(d) Cats

2. Cleofilas believes that Juan Pedro has “a very important position” at a company that makes what?
(a) Diapers
(b) Beer
(c) Tequila
(d) Computers

3. 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 trunk of the car
(c) In the passenger seat
(d) On top of the sedan

4. Cleofilas is said to have always been talented at what?
(a) Pottery
(b) Writing
(c) Painting
(d) Sewing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wealthy son that the heroine of Maria de Nadie falls in love with?

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

3. 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?

4. What does the name Felice mean?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleofilas plead with Juan Pedro to take her to the doctor in the story?

2. What is Cleofilas’ reply when Juan Pedro asks her why she is anxious about seeing the doctor?

3. What is significant about the names “Felice,” “Graciela,” and “Cleofilas” in the story? What meanings do these names have?

4. What symbolic elements in the story represent the borders that alienate Cleofilas?

5. What differences does Cleofilas find when she returns home after giving birth to her son?

6. What is the subject of “Woman Hollering Creek”? Into what genre would you categorize the story?

7. In what ways does the story “Woman Hollering Creek” reflect the life of author Sandra Cisneros?

8. Why are the telenovelas important to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”? How do they inform Cleofilas’ identity?

9. How does the narrator describe the setting where Cleofilas and Juan Pedro live after marrying?

10. How is the incident when Juan Pedro throws a book at Cleofilas described? What is Cleofilas’ reaction to this event?

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