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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. The heroine of “You or No One” is also said to be in commercials for what product in the story?
(a) Suave shampoo
(b) Bayer aspirin
(c) Bic razors
(d) Lubriderm lotion

2. 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 gold doubloon on the sea floor
(b) A friend in a grave
(c) A ring in a drainpipe
(d) A stone on a mountaintop

3. What word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?
(a) Revelation
(b) Appalling
(c) Ironic
(d) Grisly

4. Where does Cleofilas put her bags when she meets Felice at the end of the story?
(a) In the back of the truck
(b) On top of the sedan
(c) In the passenger seat
(d) In the trunk of the car

5. 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) A bronze pecan
(c) A quartz crystal
(d) An anchor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the baby do as he pulls up fistfuls of grass by the creek?

2. To whose house does Cleofilas slip away occasionally to watch telenovelas?

3. Cleofilas imagines that she will wear outfits like what television star once she lives in America?

4. Cleofilas imagines that who will be jealous of her after she’s moved to America and has a nice house?

5. By what term does the narrator refer to the local bar where Juan Pedro drinks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the character of Soledad described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

7. Aside from the instances of abuse, when does Cleofilas find her marriage difficult, according to the narrative?

8. In what ways does the story “Woman Hollering Creek” reflect the life of author Sandra Cisneros?

9. What is the significance of the title of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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