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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 hanging.
(b) A drowning.
(c) A throat slashing.
(d) A stabbing.

2. The ring that no living member of Manolo's family has ever seen had belonged to which one of his family members?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His great-grandmother.
(d) His aunt.

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

4. As the group of boys in Chapter I moves through the water, they are wading through mud up to what parts of their bodies?
(a) Waists.
(b) Knees.
(c) Shins.
(d) Ankles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem included in the epigraph section of Hurricane Season entitled "Easter, 1916" was written by which poet?

2. What object does the group of boys use to carry the small rocks featured in Chapter I?

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

4. In which month of the year does Chapter I take place?

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

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