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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Witch's mother was rumored to have killed which member of her immediate family?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

3. Which character raised Luismi when his parents could no longer do so?
(a) Maurilio.
(b) Yesenia.
(c) Dona Tina.
(d) Yolanda.

4. Who first began to call Yesenia by the nickname she purports to hate?
(a) Dona Tina.
(b) Luismi.
(c) Maurilio.
(d) Willy.

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

6. What object does the group of boys use to carry the small rocks featured in Chapter I?
(a) A basket.
(b) A pail.
(c) A shirt.
(d) A sock.

7. What kind of natural disaster happened the year the Witch's mother died?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A volcano eruption.
(d) A landslide.

8. Yesenia claims that which character only goes out at night?
(a) Maurilio.
(b) Dona Tina.
(c) Luismi.
(d) Vanessa.

9. 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) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

10. For what alleged transgression was Yesenia punished with the removal of most of her hair?
(a) Bullying.
(b) Crying.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Lying.

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

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

13. How does Yesenia feel about Luismi's father's reasons for letting another person raise his only son?
(a) She feels that there were good intentions behind the decision.
(b) She feels that it was a cowardly decision.
(c) She feels that Luismi's mother had been at fault.
(d) She feels that Luismi has been better off without his father around.

14. 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 great-grandmother.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Luismi's mother used to leave him in a crate made of what material while she conducted sex work along the highway?

2. Which type of sensory input causes the boys in Chapter I to want to turn around?

3. What is the last name of the sisters famous for spreading gossip throughout the town?

4. How many years after Maurilio's release from prison did he die?

5. 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?

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