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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 which month of the year does Chapter I take place?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) September.

2. After Manolo's death, the Witch's customer paid for her services with what kind of goods?
(a) Food.
(b) Milk.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Electricity.

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

4. The most valuable asset within Manolo's estate was thought to be a ring featuring what kind of stone?
(a) A diamond.
(b) An emerald.
(c) A sapphire.
(d) A ruby.

5. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which entity refuses to turn over the Witch's body to those who want to provide her with a proper burial?

2. The Witch's community believed that she kept a statue hidden in her house that resembled what figure?

3. 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?

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

5. Which types of creatures are swarming over the corpse's face, according to the narrator of Chapter I?

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