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Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek

Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek

Read Woman Hollering Creek and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What has Cleófilas wanted since she was a little girl?

to have many children

to feel passionate love

to star in a telenovela

to have a beautiful wedding

2. What does Cleófilas do when Juan Pedro slaps her?

She slaps him back.

She screams and calls him names.

She runs to Woman Hollering Creek.

She does nothing.

3. What is Maximiliano, Cleófilas’s neighbor across the street, said to have done?

beaten his mother to death

killed his wife in a brawl

escaped from prison

organized labor unions

4. What favor does Cleófilas ask of her husband while she is pregnant?

to buy her new shoes

to babysit their older child

to take her to the doctor

to not stay out all night

5. What does the woman who drives Cleófilas to the Greyhound station do when she drives over the arroyo?

She revs the engine of her pickup.

She yells.

She sings.

She throws her cigarette out the window.