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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. Cleofilas imagines that who will be jealous of her after she’s moved to America and has a nice house?

2. How does Juan Pedro demand that each course of dinner be served?

3. What is one of the central themes in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

5. In the town where Cleofilas grew up, the narrator says “there isn’t very much to do except accompany the aunts and godmothers to the house of one or the other to” do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Cleofilas’ feelings about the character of Felice in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

2. Where does the character of Dolores live? How is this character and her home described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

3. What is demonstrated through the author’s use of foreshadowing 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 does Cleofilas compare Juan Pedro to the male stars of the telenovelas?

6. How would you describe the use of “archetypes” and “stereotypes” in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

8. What does Felice do when she drives past Woman Hollering Creek in the narrative? How does Cleofilas respond?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the personal journey that is the center of “Woman Hollering Creek.” What lessons does Cleofilas learn in the course of the story? In what ways does her character evolve? Does Cleofilas’ character evolve in a positive or negative way though the narrative? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Gender roles in “Woman Hollering Creek”

a. Describe the gender roles and expectations of women in the story. How are these roles and expectations symbolized in the narrative? How do they relate to mythology, folklore, and popular culture?

b. Describe and discuss the gender roles and expectations for men in “Woman Hollering Creek.” How do these roles and expectations differ from those of women?

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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