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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 word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?
2. Felice says that the name of Woman Hollering Creek makes her want to “holler like” whom?
3. How is Juan Pedro’s vehicle described in the beginning of the story?
4. What item does Cleofilas lament not having in her home with Juan Pedro in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
5. The heroine of “You or No One” is said to have endured “all kinds of hardships of the heart, separation and betrayal,” but she keeps doing what “because that is the most important thing”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Cleofilas’ hometown described early in the story? How does Cleofilas spend her time there?
2. How is the first time that Juan Pedro beats Cleofilas described in the narrative? How does Cleofilas react?
3. How are the roles of women defined by the society in which Cleofilas lives in the story?
4. 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?
5. How would you characterize the plot structure of “Woman Hollering Creek”?
6. Describe the narrative style of “Woman Hollering Creek.” How does the language in the story reinforce its themes?
7. What happens when Cleofilas meets Felice in “Woman Hollering Creek”?
8. What is foreshadowed by Don Serafin’s thoughts in the beginning of “Woman Hollering Creek”? How does he express his thoughts?
9. How does Cleofilas compare Juan Pedro to the male stars of the telenovelas?
10. How does the narrator describe the setting where Cleofilas and Juan Pedro live after marrying?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the history, location, and mythology of Woman Hollering Creek, located near Seguin, Texas. When was the creek given this name? Who gave the creek this name? Why is this name used as the title for the short story? How does the creek relate to Cleofilas as protagonist?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss Cleofilas’ fears of death by abuse as indicated by her references to Alarma! magazine in the narrative. How does Cleofilas compare her situation with Juan Pedro to the stories in Alarma!? Why does she make these comparisons?
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