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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 Cleofilas’ full name in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Cleofilas Isabella Rodriguez Martinez
(b) Cleofilas Juanita Ortiz Gomez
(c) Cleofilas Chiquita Ramirez Sanchez
(d) Cleofilas Enriqueta DeLeon Hernandez

2. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?
(a) 2002
(b) 1991
(c) 1975
(d) 1983

3. What does Cleofilas’ father say to her “in the hubbub of parting” in the beginning of the story?
(a) Make sure he treats you right
(b) I am your father, I will never abandon you
(c) May you live happily ever after
(d) You always were my favorite

4. What Spanish word in the story refers to the store where Cleofilas goes to buy a hair rinse?
(a) Cocina
(b) Farmacia
(c) Palacio
(d) Baño

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dolores’ garden is famous for what flowers that must be supported with broom handles and old boards?

2. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there are no what for comic relief?

3. Felice tells Cleofilas that she used to have what kind of car?

4. Juan Pedro throws a book across the room and leaves a hot welt where on Cleofilas?

5. Cleofilas laments that her life has become like a telenovela except there is no what in sight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the subject of “Woman Hollering Creek”? Into what genre would you categorize the story?

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

5. What principle objective of Cleofilas’ is seen in the flashback at the beginning of the story? How does this objective tie into the plot of You or No One?

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

7. How is the myth of La Llorona described historically? What character is La Llorona similar to in the telenovelas described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

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

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

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