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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 the full name of Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Juan Pedro Martinez Sanchez
(b) Juan Pedro Gomez Mendoza
(c) Juan Pedro Romero Munoz
(d) Juan Pedro Garcia Silva

2. What does the name “Soledad” mean in Spanish?
(a) Loneliness
(b) Happiness
(c) Regret
(d) Wonder

3. 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?
(a) In church
(b) At the library
(c) At school
(d) At work

4. What does the Spanish word “viejas” translate to in English?
(a) Old women
(b) Beautiful girl
(c) Gentleman
(d) Dirty boy

5. Where does Cleofilas air out her husband’s shoes each evening?
(a) In the laundry room
(b) In the bathroom
(c) In the bedroom
(d) On the porch

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the narrative style of “Woman Hollering Creek.” How does the language in the story reinforce its themes?

7. How does the narrative style of the story transition with the introduction of Graciela’s character?

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

9. How is Cleofilas’ laughter described at the end of the story? What does the laughter symbolize?

10. How is the theme of silence versus sound illustrated in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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