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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 does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?
(a) Hanging her clothes to dry
(b) Putting too much soap in the machines
(c) Overloading the machines
(d) Leaving the machines unattended

2. How many brothers does Cleofilas have in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6

3. Cleofilas imagines that who will be jealous of her after she’s moved to America and has a nice house?
(a) Felice
(b) Chela
(c) Trini
(d) Soledad

4. Where does Juan Pedro say he’ll take Cleofilas to buy her wedding dress?
(a) Amarillo, Texas
(b) Laredo, Texas
(c) Dallas, Texas
(d) Houston, Texas

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who drowns her children in the legend of “La Llorona”?

2. At what time does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas to take her to the bus station?

3. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?

4. In the town where Cleofilas grew up, the narrator says “there isn’t very much to do except accompany the aunts and godmothers to the house of one or the other to” do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cleofilas’ laughter described at the end of the story? What does the laughter symbolize?

2. How is the myth of La Llorona described historically? What character is La Llorona similar to in the telenovelas described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

3. 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?

4. What conversation do you imagine takes place between Cleofilas and Graciela at the clinic?

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

6. What about the creek by her house fascinates Cleofilas after her marriage? How does she pursue this matter?

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

8. How does Juan Pedro behave toward Cleofilas after he has beaten her for the first time? What is Cleofilas’ response?

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

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

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