Mexican Gothic

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. What is Catalina’s relation to Noemí?

2. What is High Place?

3. Who picks up Noemí from the train station?

4. What date appears on all the headstones?

5. What illness is Catalina said to have?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Noemí’s father concerned about Catalina?

2. What does Catalina want Noemí to go into town to get?

Paired Resource

“Feminism and the Gothic: A Brief History”

• This article by Clare Knowles provides a quick contextualization of the gothic genre and women’s unique ties to it from its inception to the present.
• This resource pairs with the theme of The Feminist Gothic.
• What unique connections do female authors have to Gothic literature?  

Chapters 6-10

Reading Check

1. From whom does Noemí ask to borrow a car to go into town?

2. What is Noemí instructed not to do at dinner?

3. What does the ouroboros symbolize?

4. What does Noemí find Francis collecting in the cemetery?

5. What task does Florence give Noemí when Noemí asks how she can make herself useful?