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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. What is the heroine’s relationship to the family whose son she falls in love with in Maria de Nadie?
(a) She has robbed them
(b) She has been adopted by them
(c) Her family has a rivalry with them
(d) She works for them

2. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?
(a) 2002
(b) 1983
(c) 1975
(d) 1991

3. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?
(a) The beer he drinks
(b) The wine he drinks
(c) Eating sweets
(d) Eating too much meat

4. What item does Cleofilas lament not having in her home with Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) A washing machine
(b) A dishwasher
(c) A television
(d) A radio

5. Cleofilas and Juan Pedro plan to get married in what season?
(a) Winter
(b) Autumn
(c) Spring
(d) Summer

Short Answer Questions

1. Cleofilas is looking for her maid of honor to fulfill what conspiracy in the opening of the story?

2. Who is the heroine of “You or No One”?

3. Felice says to Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “I guess you’re only famous if you’re” what?

4. Corin Tellado was a prolific Spanish writer of what genre?

5. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro is not very tall and doesn’t look like the men on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cleofilas’ relationship with Trini described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

3. How is the first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas described in the narrative? How does Cleofilas react?

4. How does Cleofilas compare romantic love to the love between parent and child?

5. How does Cleofilas compare her hometown to that of Seguin, Texas, during the story?

6. How does Graciela describe Cleofilas and her condition to Felice? What does she ask Felice to do?

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

8. Where does Cleofilas go to watch telenovelas in Seguin? What plotline is described from the show she most enjoys?

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

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

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