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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. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?
(a) Orchids
(b) Roses
(c) Cockscombs
(d) Sunflowers

2. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?
(a) Soledad
(b) Chela
(c) Felice
(d) Lucia

3. What does Cleofilas sip “until it grows warm” when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) A margarita
(b) A beer
(c) A glass of whiskey
(d) Gin and tonic

4. Where does Cleofilas air out her husband’s shoes each evening?
(a) In the bedroom
(b) On the porch
(c) In the bathroom
(d) In the laundry room

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Cleofilas seen women being struck before her husband began beating her?

2. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to the bus station in what city during her phone call?

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”?

4. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?

5. What Spanish word in the story refers to the store where Cleofilas goes to buy a hair rinse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is demonstrated through the author’s use of foreshadowing in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

7. How does Cleofilas go about convincing Juan Pedro to take her to the doctor? What promises does she make?

8. What arrangements do Graciela and Felice make over the phone in the story? What urgency is illustrated in their plan?

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

10. Where does Cleofilas find and develop strength in order to pursue her escape in the story?

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