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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. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?
(a) Eating sweets
(b) Eating too much meat
(c) The beer he drinks
(d) The wine he drinks

2. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there are no what for comic relief?
(a) Commercials
(b) Illegitimate affairs
(c) Clown characters
(d) Funny romances

3. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?
(a) With a new fork
(b) With fresh napkins
(c) With a piece of fruit
(d) On a separate plate

4. What does Cleofilas make for the doorways without doors in their home?
(a) Fences
(b) Doors
(c) Walls
(d) Curtains

5. The narrator compares Cleofilas’ father’s head with what in the beginning of the story?
(a) A parrot
(b) A burro
(c) A catfish
(d) A wolf

Short Answer Questions

1. In Graciela’s phone call in the third section of the story, she tells her friend she can’t talk louder because she’s where?

2. Felice tells Cleofilas that she doesn’t have what?

3. What does the laundromat attendant yell at Cleofilas for after her son is born?

4. The name “Dolores” means what in Spanish?

5. What title in the short story refers to a Mexican news–magazine specializing in graphic photographs of accidents and murder victims?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cleofilas compare romantic love to the love between parent and child?

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

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

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

5. How does the meaning of the creek’s name change to Cleofilas at the end of the story?

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

7. Where does Cleofilas go to watch telenovelas in Seguin? What plotline is described from the show she most enjoys?

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

9. How do the characters of Felice and Graciela help Cleofilas on her personal journey in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

10. What is Cleofilas’ “fatal flaw” in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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