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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. Sandra Cisneros’ anthology Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories was published in what year?
(a) 2002
(b) 1983
(c) 1975
(d) 1991

2. Maximiliano was said to have killed who in a bar brawl?
(a) His brother
(b) His son
(c) His mother
(d) His wife

3. Graciela’s friend agrees to meet Cleofilas at a business by what interstate in order to take her to the bus station?
(a) I-5
(b) I-10
(c) I-35
(d) I-70

4. Who does Cleofilas suggests writing to ask for money for the new baby’s expenses?
(a) Her mother
(b) Juan Pedro’s father
(c) Her father
(d) Juan Pedro’s mother

5. On the nights when Juan Pedro does not come home, Cleofilas is said to lie on “her side of the bed listening to the hollow roar of” what?
(a) The owls
(b) The wind
(c) The thunder
(d) The interstate

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Graciela make a phone call to in the third section of the story?

2. What word from the story means causing a shudder or feeling of horror?

3. What does the narrator say Cleofilas had always said she would do “if a man, any man, were to strike her”?

4. What is the name of Cleofilas’ father in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

5. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the creek by her house fascinates Cleofilas after her marriage? How does she pursue this matter?

2. How is the incident when Juan Pedro throws a book at Cleofilas described? What is Cleofilas’ reaction to this event?

3. What is demonstrated through the author’s use of foreshadowing in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

4. What is significant about the names “Felice,” “Graciela,” and “Cleofilas” in the story? What meanings do these names have?

5. Where does Cleofilas go to watch telenovelas in Seguin? What plotline is described from the show she most enjoys?

6. How is Cleofilas’ hometown described early in the story? How does Cleofilas spend her time there?

7. What happens when Cleofilas meets Felice in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

8. How are the roles of women defined by the society in which Cleofilas lives in the story?

9. Why are the telenovelas important to Cleofilas in “Woman Hollering Creek”? How do they inform Cleofilas’ identity?

10. What is the significance of the title of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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