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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. In Chapter II, the narrator states that the Witch was called Young Witch until which member of her family died?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

2. What term is used to describe the person who is screaming when Chapter VI begins?
(a) Woman.
(b) Man.
(c) Dog.
(d) Creature.

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

4. Brando regularly goes out at night to watch dogs participate in what kind of activity?
(a) Defecating.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Mating.
(d) Urinating.

5. The ringleader of the group of inmates in charge of Brando's cell demand that he give up which item(s)?
(a) His canteen.
(b) His pills.
(c) His sneakers.
(d) His watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Grandfather's ritual of treating the dead who arrive for burial includes taking what action first?

2. What event occurred the night before Brando decided to murder Luismi?

3. In what month did Carnival take place, as described in Chapter VI?

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

5. The heaviest intact corpse of all has been wrapped with what objects?

(see the answer key)

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