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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. When Melchor juxtaposes Munra's story with policing language, what identifiers are spelled out as if transmitted by radio?
(a) Passport numbers.
(b) License plate numbers.
(c) School identification numbers.
(d) Social security numbers.

2. Brando thinks to himself in Chapter VI that the Witch deserved to suffer what fate for being "a cunt," a "dirty fag," and "a bully"? (143)
(a) To be raped.
(b) To be murdered.
(c) To be buried in a pauper's grave.
(d) To be beaten.

3. The Witch's community believed that she kept a statue hidden in her house that resembled what figure?
(a) A serpent.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) The Devil.

4. When Chapter VIII begins, the character referred to as the Grandfather takes what action while he watches the ambulance being unloaded?
(a) He smokes.
(b) He reads.
(c) He sings a song.
(d) He cries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of the morning did Munra arrive at Sarajuana's with Luismi in tow, according to Chapter V?

2. In what year did Munra get into a terrible car accident on the highway?

3. How many full-grown sons raced to claim their father Manolo's assets after his death in an attempt to keep the Witch from getting anything?

4. Munra recalls Luismi telling him that the Witch had considered him an enemy ever since accusing him of what crime?

5. How many years older than Brando is Brando's girlfriend?

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