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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose did the women who visited the Witch once a week cover their faces?
(a) To avoid interviews.
(b) To avoid being the subject of gossip.
(c) To avoid criminal prosecution.
(d) To avoid being accused of prostitution.

2. The Witch's community believed that she kept a statue hidden in her house that resembled what figure?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) A serpent.
(d) The Devil.

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

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

5. The nickname given to Yesenia was meant to characterize her as what type of creature with two legs?
(a) A snake.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A snail.
(d) A catfish.

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

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

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

9. What is the name of Yesenia's niece?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Stella.
(d) Maria.

10. 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) Knees.
(b) Shins.
(c) Waists.
(d) Ankles.

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

12. What method did Yesenia plan to use to kill Luismi the next time he came home to Dona Tina's house?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Beating.

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

14. To what type of creature does Yesenia liken Luismi in Chapter III?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A ghoul.
(d) A zombie.

15. How many years after Maurilio's release from prison did he die?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of Chapter I states that the ringleader in the group of boys is wearing what color swim trunks?

2. The ring that no living member of Manolo's family has ever seen had belonged to which one of his family members?

3. Prior to his incarceration, Maurilio took what action "like a norteno," (33) according to Yesenia?

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

5. The Witch at the center of the narrative died when she sustained what type of injury?

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