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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did a hurricane cause the stone temples built by the ancients to be buried within the mountainside?
(a) 1978.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1963.

2. Which types of creatures are swarming over the corpse's face, according to the narrator of Chapter I?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Crickets.

3. The Witch at the center of the narrative died when she sustained what type of injury?
(a) A hanging.
(b) A throat slashing.
(c) A drowning.
(d) A stabbing.

4. Most of the women who visited the Witch's mother on one particular day of the week covered their faces with what objects as they approached the Witch's house?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A parasol.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A fan.

5. How many boys are in the group featured in the first chapter of Hurricane Season?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ring that no living member of Manolo's family has ever seen had belonged to which one of his family members?

2. What was the last name of the man who took the Witch as his longtime mistress?

3. The narrator describes the corpse in Chapter I as floating among rushes and what other objects?

4. When the Witch was a young girl, she ran many errands for the household, including traveling how many miles each way to reach the market in Villa?

5. The adult sons of the Witch's late longtime lover blame their father's death on what cause?

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