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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem included in the epigraph section of Hurricane Season entitled "Easter, 1916" was written by which poet?
(a) John Keats.
(b) John Donne.
(c) W.B. Yeats.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. It is revealed in Chapter VI that the Witch gave Luismi what amount of money to purchase cocaine for her in La Zanja?
(a) 500 pesos.
(b) 250 pesos.
(c) 1,000 pesos.
(d) 2,000 pesos.

3. What term is used to describe the person who is screaming when Chapter VI begins?
(a) Woman.
(b) Dog.
(c) Man.
(d) Creature.

4. To what location did Munra repeatedly refuse to take Norma before finally relenting?
(a) Pepe's house.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) School.

5. On what type of object is the Grandfather sitting while he watches the boys from the morgue unload the ambulance?
(a) A stump.
(b) A stool.
(c) A crate.
(d) A chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women in La Matosa are said to be on edge because the men who committed which two crimes were released by a judge?

2. Luismi's mother used to leave him in a crate made of what material while she conducted sex work along the highway?

3. With what type of expression does Dona Tina look at Yesenia just before she dies at the end of Chapter III?

4. What is the name of Yesenia's niece?

5. The Grandfather tells the boys from the morgue that the hole he has dug will hold how many more bodies?

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