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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. Graciela tells her friend on the phone that she would take Cleofilas to the bus station herself, but Cleofilas needs to be gone before what?
(a) The sun goes down
(b) The sun comes up
(c) The weekend
(d) Her husband gets home from work

2. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?
(a) Eating too much meat
(b) The wine he drinks
(c) Eating sweets
(d) The beer he drinks

3. The cover of a Mexican news–magazine that depicts graphic images of death and mutilation is described by the narrator as having a lover on the cover photographed with what object that “she used to salvage her good name”?
(a) A rusty knife
(b) A smoking gun
(c) A bloody fork
(d) A weathered hatchet

4. What does the name “Soledad” mean in Spanish?
(a) Wonder
(b) Loneliness
(c) Regret
(d) Happiness

5. Graciela asks her friend to take Cleofilas to what bus station?
(a) The Arroyo Station
(b) The Greyhound Station
(c) The Corpus Station
(d) The Amtrak Station

Short Answer Questions

1. The laughter that emerges from Cleofilas’ throat at the end of the story is described as “a long ribbon of laughter” like what?

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

3. What Spanish term from the story refers to a town square?

4. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?

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. Why does Cleofilas doubt her ability to return home when she considers it in the story?

2. How does Cleofilas go about convincing Juan Pedro to take her to the doctor? What promises does she make?

3. How would you characterize the plot structure of “Woman Hollering Creek”?

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

5. 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?

6. What differences does Cleofilas find when she returns home after giving birth to her son?

7. How do the characters of Felice and Graciela help Cleofilas on her personal journey 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 her life to the lives of the heroines of the telenovelas?

10. How does Juan Pedro behave toward Cleofilas after he has beaten her for the first time? What is Cleofilas’ response?

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