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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 is Juan Pedro said to do in public by the narrator?
(a) Cuts his fingernails
(b) Beats the children
(c) Weeps openly
(d) Cuts his hair

2. What is the heroine’s relationship to the family whose son she falls in love with in Maria de Nadie?
(a) She has robbed them
(b) She works for them
(c) She has been adopted by them
(d) Her family has a rivalry with them

3. What cartoon character is described on the baby blanket that Cleofilas lays by the creek?
(a) Donald Duck
(b) Speedy Gonzales
(c) Woody Woodpecker
(d) Mickey Mouse

4. On what day of the week does Graciela’s friend agree to take Cleofilas to the bus station?
(a) Saturday
(b) Thursday
(c) Monday
(d) Sunday

5. Cleofilas tells her husband that she has a doctor’s appointment on what day of the week and asks him to take her?
(a) Monday
(b) Friday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Tuesday

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the laundromat attendant first yell at Cleofilas for, according to the narrator?

2. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?

3. When did Hernan Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?

4. When was the Spanish author Corin Tellado born?

5. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “bad air”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cleofilas’ reply when Juan Pedro asks her why she is anxious about seeing the doctor?

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

3. What happens when Cleofilas meets Felice in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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