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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. At what business does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas in order to drive her to the bus station?
(a) The K-mart
(b) The ice house
(c) The Walgreens
(d) The Cash-N-Carry

2. Cleofilas longs to change her name to something that is more what?
(a) Direct
(b) Classical
(c) Poetic
(d) Mystical

3. What does the name “Soledad” mean in Spanish?
(a) Wonder
(b) Regret
(c) Happiness
(d) Loneliness

4. Because Cleofilas’ first child was turned backwards, she had what performed?
(a) An abortion
(b) A vasectomy
(c) A cesarean section
(d) A hysterectomy

5. What is one of the central themes in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Globalization
(b) Parental revenge
(c) Victimization
(d) Political corruption

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The cover of a Mexican news–magazine that depicts graphic images of death and mutilation is described by the narrator as having a lover on the cover photographed with what object that “she used to salvage her good name”?

3. What does the narrator describe Cleofilas buying in the center of the town where she grew up in “that will appear in a day and a half as a pimple on her backside”?

4. Who does the truck belong to that Felice picks Cleofilas up in?

5. Where does author Sandra Cisneros live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do dreams and reality contrast in Cleofilas’ marriage to Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. How is the concept of “borders” illustrated thematically in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

3. How is Cleofilas’ hometown described early in the story? How does Cleofilas spend her time there?

4. Who is getting married in the opening of “Woman Hollering Creek”? How are the cultural details of the event described?

5. How are the roles of women defined by the society in which Cleofilas lives in the story?

6. Describe the narrative style of “Woman Hollering Creek.” How does the language in the story reinforce its themes?

7. What arrangements do Graciela and Felice make over the phone in the story? What urgency is illustrated in their plan?

8. What principle objective of Cleofilas’ is seen in the flashback at the beginning of the story? How does this objective tie into the plot of You or No One?

9. How is the theme of silence versus sound illustrated in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

10. Where does Juan Pedro promise to take Cleofilas to obtain her wedding dress? Why does he want to marry quickly?

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