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

2. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “It is not good for your health”?
(a) No es bueno para la salud
(b) Pues, alla de los indios, quien sabe
(c) En el otro lado
(d) Mi querida

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

4. Who is the laundromat attendant whom Cleofilas asks about the name of Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Trini
(b) Chela
(c) Dolores
(d) Soledad

5. What does Graciela say she was performing on Cleofilas when she began crying in her phone call?
(a) A sonogram
(b) A seismogram
(c) A cardiogram
(d) A hologram

Short Answer Questions

1. Graciela tells her friend on the phone that she would take Cleofilas to the bus station herself, but Cleofilas needs to be gone before what?

2. 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?

3. Describing Cleofilas’ name, Graciela suggests she is named after what?

4. Regarding Cleofilas’ feelings for Juan Pedro, the narrator states, “She has to remind herself why she loves him when she changes” what?

5. What Spanish phrase from the story is translated as “on the other side”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the society presented in the story reinforce the behavior of Juan Pedro?

4. Where does Juan Pedro promise to take Cleofilas to obtain her wedding dress? Why does he want to marry quickly?

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

6. What kind of support does Soledad offer to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

8. What does Cleofilas consider about her name in comparison with the characters from the telenovelas?

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

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

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