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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. Woman Hollering Creek is known as the creek one passes on their way where, according to the narrator?
2. The narrator says early in the story, “But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, has been whispering and sighing and giggling for, has been anticipating since she was old enough to lean against the window displays of gauze and butterflies and lace, is” what?
3. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to what bus station?
4. Cleofilas is said to have always been talented at what?
5. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine is a poor country girl from where?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe the use of “archetypes” and “stereotypes” in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
2. How does the narrator describe the setting where Cleofilas and Juan Pedro live after marrying?
3. What kind of support does Soledad offer to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
4. How does Graciela describe Cleofilas and her condition to Felice? What does she ask Felice to do?
5. How is the incident when Juan Pedro throws a book at Cleofilas described? What is Cleofilas’ reaction to this event?
6. How do dreams and reality contrast in Cleofilas’ marriage to Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
7. What does Felice do when she drives past Woman Hollering Creek in the narrative? How does Cleofilas respond?
8. What is significant about the names “Felice,” “Graciela,” and “Cleofilas” in the story? What meanings do these names have?
9. Cleofilas believes that the town of Seguin was built in such a way as to keep women dependent in what way?
10. What differences does Cleofilas find when she returns home after giving birth to her son?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss one example of simile, metaphor, and personification (each) in “Woman Hollering Creek.” How is the creek itself described in the story? What are ways that personification is used to describe the creek or other aspects of the setting? What purpose does imagery serve in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Define “protagonist” in narrative literature and develop a list of the qualities a protagonist possesses. What indications does the author give that Cleofilas is the protagonist of “Woman Hollering Creek” in the beginning of the narrative? What are Cleofilas’ strengths as a protagonist? What are her weaknesses?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of love and passion in “Woman Hollering Creek.” How are love and passion defined in the story? How do these concepts differ from one another? Why does Cleofilas believe that suffering and pain are requisites for love and passion? Is she correct in her assumptions? Why or why not?
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