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

2. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?
(a) With a new fork
(b) With fresh napkins
(c) With a piece of fruit
(d) On a separate plate

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

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

5. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there is no what in sight?
(a) Handsome suitor
(b) Screaming harpy
(c) Happy ending
(d) Loving family

Short Answer Questions

1. Juan Pedro throws a book across the room and leaves a hot welt where on Cleofilas?

2. In what direction does Cleofilas’ father imagine her gazing when she might dream of returning home in the beginning of the story?

3. Graciela tells her friend on the telephone that Cleofilas has what all over her body?

4. What Spanish phrase from the story is translated as “on the other side”?

5. What genre of which Sandra Cisneros is associated, refers to literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleofilas doubt her ability to return home when she considers it in the story?

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

3. How would you describe the use of “archetypes” and “stereotypes” in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. Where does the character of Dolores live? How is this character and her home described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

5. How do the characters of Felice and Graciela help Cleofilas on her personal journey in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

6. What is foreshadowed by Don Serafin’s thoughts in the beginning of “Woman Hollering Creek”? How does he express his thoughts?

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

8. What kind of support does Soledad offer to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

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