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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’ presumed destination at the end of “Woman Hollering Creek”?
(a) Her mother’s house
(b) Her daughter’s house
(c) Her husband’s house
(d) Her father’s house

2. Dolores’ house is said to smell strongly of what in the story?
(a) Beer and cigarettes
(b) Diapers
(c) Incense and candles
(d) Cats

3. In what year did the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end the Mexican-American war?
(a) 1798
(b) 1848
(c) 1904
(d) 1875

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

5. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that the houses are what?
(a) Dingier in Seguin
(b) More ornate in Seguin
(c) Closer together in Seguin
(d) Further apart in Seguin

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons did Dolores lose in the last war?

2. Where does author Sandra Cisneros live?

3. How does the narrator describe Cleofilas’ brothers in the beginning of the story?

4. Cleofilas has doubts about her husband’s fidelity when she finds what arranged in the bathroom a different way?

5. What is Graciela’s position in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what times during her marriage does Cleofilas admire Juan Pedro?

2. How does Cleofilas compare her hometown to that of Seguin, Texas, during the story?

3. What differences does Cleofilas find when she returns home after giving birth to her son?

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

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

6. How is the first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas described in the narrative? How does Cleofilas react?

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

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

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

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

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