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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?
2. In comparing Seguin, Texas to her hometown, Cleofilas notes that in Seguin there is no “huddled whispering on the church steps each Sunday” because here the whispering begins where at sunset?
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?
4. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro’s face is still scarred from what?
5. Felice asks Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “Did you ever notice how nothing around here is named after” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is getting married in the opening of “Woman Hollering Creek”? How are the cultural details of the event described?
2. What conversation do you imagine takes place between Cleofilas and Graciela at the clinic?
3. How is Cleofilas’ laughter described at the end of the story? What does the laughter symbolize?
4. What arrangements do Graciela and Felice make over the phone in the story? What urgency is illustrated in their plan?
5. What does Felice do when she drives past Woman Hollering Creek in the narrative? How does Cleofilas respond?
6. What is demonstrated through the author’s use of foreshadowing in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
7. What is foreshadowed by Don Serafin’s thoughts in the beginning of “Woman Hollering Creek”? How does he express his thoughts?
8. How does the society presented in the story reinforce the behavior of Juan Pedro?
9. How does Cleofilas go about convincing Juan Pedro to take her to the doctor? What promises does she make?
10. What does Cleofilas consider about her name in comparison with the characters from the telenovelas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history, geography, culture, and political atmosphere of Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico. Where in Mexico is the state of Monclova located? How far is this setting from the U.S. border? What was the political atmosphere here like in the late 1980s/early 1990s when the story was written?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the character of Don Serafin in “Woman Hollering Creek.” What qualities does Don exhibit in the beginning of the story? How do you think Don feels about his daughter and her marriage to Don Pedro? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Soledad and Trini in “Woman Hollering Creek.” What are Cleofilas’ thoughts and feelings about these characters? In what ways do they relate to Cleofilas? Why does Soledad consider herself a widow? For how long has her husband been gone?
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