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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. On the nights when Juan Pedro does not come home, Cleofilas is said to lie on “her side of the bed listening to the hollow roar of” what?
(a) The thunder
(b) The wind
(c) The owls
(d) The interstate

2. What does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?
(a) Accept
(b) Well
(c) Make
(d) Lift

3. Describing Seguin, Texas, the narrator states “This town with its silly pride for” what “the size of a baby carriage in front of the city hall”?
(a) A petrified log
(b) An anchor
(c) A quartz crystal
(d) A bronze pecan

4. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?
(a) His mother
(b) His son
(c) His brother
(d) His wife

5. What is the name of the city where Cleofilas was born and raised?
(a) Monclova
(b) Laredo
(c) Mexico City
(d) Seguin

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cleofilas air out her husband’s shoes each evening?

2. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the left when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?

4. Juan Pedro feels that if Cleofilas “had any brains in her head she’d realize he’s been up before” what, “earning his living”?

5. Seguin, Texas is located in what county?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cleofilas respond to her father’s statement in the opening of the story? Why does she react in this way?

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

7. What happens when Cleofilas meets Felice in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

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