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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. In Seguin, Cleofilas feels that “the towns here are built so that you have to depend on” what?
(a) Husbands
(b) Children
(c) Friends
(d) Animals

2. What is the name of Cleofilas’ neighbor to the right when she lives near Woman Hollering Creek?
(a) Felice
(b) Maria
(c) Trini
(d) Dolores

3. What is the name of Cleofilas’ maid of honor at her wedding?
(a) Chela
(b) Lucia
(c) Soledad
(d) Felice

4. What is the heroine’s relationship to the family whose son she falls in love with in Maria de Nadie?
(a) Her family has a rivalry with them
(b) She has robbed them
(c) She has been adopted by them
(d) She works for them

5. The narrative of “Woman Hollering Creek” is related primarily from what point of view?
(a) First person
(b) Fourth person
(c) Second person
(d) Third person

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the heroine of “You or No One”?

2. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?

3. Felice says to Cleofilas as they drive out of town, “I guess you’re only famous if you’re” what?

4. The name “Dolores” means what in Spanish?

5. What does the baby do as he pulls up fistfuls of grass by the creek?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the character of Soledad described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

3. How does Cleofilas respond to her father’s statement in the opening of the story? Why does she react in this way?

4. How is the myth of La Llorona described historically? What character is La Llorona similar to in the telenovelas described in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

5. What is the turning point for Cleofilas and her perceptions of identity in the story?

6. What is Cleofilas’ “fatal flaw” in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

7. How is the concept of “borders” illustrated thematically in “Woman Hollering Creek”?

8. What symbolic elements in the story represent the borders that alienate Cleofilas?

9. What does Cleofilas consider about her name in comparison with the characters from the telenovelas?

10. How does the meaning of the creek’s name change to Cleofilas at the end of the story?

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