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

2. The adult sons of the Witch's late longtime lover blame their father's death on what cause?
(a) Poison.
(b) Blunt force trauma.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) A fall.

3. The group of boys in Chapter I are armed with what type of weapons?
(a) Clubs.
(b) Slingshots.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Daggers.

4. The boys featured in Chapter I see a corpse floating in which type of body of water?
(a) Canal.
(b) River.
(c) Lake.
(d) Bog.

5. Which type of sensory input causes the boys in Chapter I to want to turn around?
(a) Sight.
(b) Smell.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Touch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of natural disaster happened the year the Witch's mother died?

2. In Chapter II, the narrator states that the Witch was called Young Witch until which member of her family died?

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. For what purpose did the women who visited the Witch once a week cover their faces?

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