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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) Roses
(b) Orchids
(c) Sunflowers
(d) Cockscombs

2. Cleofilas has doubts about her husband’s fidelity when she finds what arranged in the bathroom a different way?
(a) Her makeup and hairbrush
(b) Her toothbrush
(c) Her nail clippers and file
(d) Her medicine

3. What is one of the central themes in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Political corruption
(b) Globalization
(c) Parental revenge
(d) Victimization

4. Cleofilas considers that her husband and the other men at the bar are “nightly trying to find the truth lying at the bottom of the bottle like” what?
(a) A stone on a mountaintop
(b) A ring in a drainpipe
(c) A gold doubloon on the sea floor
(d) A friend in a grave

5. When was the Spanish author Corin Tellado born?
(a) 1951
(b) 1940
(c) 1908
(d) 1927

Short Answer Questions

1. Graciela’s friend agrees to meet Cleofilas at a business by what interstate in order to take her to the bus station?

2. At what business does Graciela’s friend agree to meet Cleofilas in order to drive her to the bus station?

3. “You or No One” is a title of what the short story?

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. It is pointed out in “Woman Hollering Creek” that Cleofilas does not speak what language?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the concept of “borders” illustrated thematically in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

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

6. How does Cleofilas compare her hometown to that of Seguin, Texas, during the story?

7. Why does Cleofilas doubt her ability to return home when she considers it in the story?

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

9. What is significant about the names “Felice,” “Graciela,” and “Cleofilas” in the story? What meanings do these names have?

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

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