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

2. By what term does the narrator refer to the local bar where Juan Pedro drinks?
(a) The intoxication station
(b) The palace of suds
(c) The ice house
(d) The chugging pit

3. The name “Dolores” means what in Spanish?
(a) Honest
(b) Sorrow
(c) Intelligent
(d) Beautiful

4. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”
(a) Entiendes? Pues
(b) La consentida
(c) Mal aire
(d) Mariachi

5. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) They have had a baby
(c) He can’t take much time off work
(d) His father insists he marry or he will be disinherited

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. What is Juan Pedro described as kicking when he says “he hates this shitty house and is going out”?

3. In the second section of the story, the narrator speaks in direct address to the reader, asking “Did you watch last night’s episode of” what show?

4. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How would you characterize the plot structure of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

9. What is the turning point for Cleofilas and her perceptions of identity in the story?

10. How does the narrative transition when describing Cleofilas’ courtship with Juan Pedro? What expectations does Cleofilas illustrate here?

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