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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to rumors in town, for what type of purpose did the Witch use the statue hidden in her home?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Educational.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Religious.

2. Yesenia was with Vanessa when she heard that which character's body had been found?
(a) Father Casto.
(b) Brando.
(c) The Witch.
(d) Dona Tina.

3. The narrator reveals in Chapter III that which character reported Luismi to the police for his possible involvement in the Witch's murder?
(a) Willy.
(b) Yesenia.
(c) Munra.
(d) Dona Tina.

4. On which day of May was the Witch's body found in the canal?
(a) The 3rd.
(b) The 13th.
(c) The 1st.
(d) The 21st.

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

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

7. The vigil held for Manolo takes place in what type of location?
(a) A meeting hall.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A sugar cane field.
(d) A hospital.

8. How many boys are in the group featured in the first chapter of Hurricane Season?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

10. Near what kind of body of water did Yesenia encounter Luismi unexpectedly one day, as revealed in Chapter III?
(a) A bay.
(b) A lagoon.
(c) A pond.
(d) A river.

11. 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) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

13. 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 shark.
(b) A dog.
(c) A slug.
(d) A lion.

14. What is the name of Luismi's late father, as revealed in Chapter III of Hurricane Season?
(a) Maurilio.
(b) Lagarta.
(c) Modesto.
(d) Barrabas.

15. At what time of day does Chapter I take place?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Midday.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group of boys in Chapter I are armed with what type of weapons?

2. Who first began to call Yesenia by the nickname she purports to hate?

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

4. On what day of the week did Yesenia bump into her cousin Luismi for the first time in years?

5. Yesenia claims that which character only goes out at night?

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