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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

2. The narrator of Chapter I states that the ringleader in the group of boys is wearing what color swim trunks?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. 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) 1963.
(d) 1934.

4. From whose perspective are the events of Chapter III presented?
(a) Dona Tina's.
(b) Brando's.
(c) Yesenia's.
(d) Luismi's.

5. What implement did Dona Tina use to cut off Yesenia's hair in retaliation for allegedly telling lies about Luismi?
(a) A can opener.
(b) A pair of barber shears.
(c) A pair of poultry shears.
(d) A switchblade.

6. What final action does Yesenia take just before Dona Tina dies in her arms at the end of Chapter III?
(a) She curses the Devil.
(b) She begs Dona Tina's forgiveness.
(c) She curses God.
(d) She calls the priest.

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

8. To what type of creature does the narrator compare Yesenia when stating that Dona Tina sent her somewhere to sleep for the night after chopping off her hair?
(a) A lion.
(b) A shark.
(c) A slug.
(d) A dog.

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

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

11. Yesenia saw Luismi and other young men carrying the Witch out of what location?
(a) Munra's house.
(b) Dona Tina's house.
(c) The Witch's house.
(d) The hospital.

12. 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 fan.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A parasol.

13. What is Dona Tina's weapon of choice when she punishes the children in the family?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A wet rope.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A paddle.

14. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

15. With what type of expression does Dona Tina look at Yesenia just before she dies at the end of Chapter III?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Furious.
(d) Adoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what kind of body of water did Yesenia encounter Luismi unexpectedly one day, as revealed in Chapter III?

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

3. What color is the foam surrounding the face of the corpse featured in Chapter I?

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

5. The face of the corpse featured in Chapter I is bearing what type of expression?

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