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

2. On what day of the week did Yesenia bump into her cousin Luismi for the first time in years?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. How many years in prison did Maurilio serve for his crime before he was released?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. 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 dog.
(d) A slug.

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

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

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

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

9. Yesenia saw Luismi and how many other young men carrying the Witch one night in April?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

10. What was the reason that Luismi's father was initially unable to raise him?
(a) He left to become a musician.
(b) He had a drug addiction.
(c) He was thrown into jail.
(d) He became gravely ill.

11. 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.

12. The face of the corpse featured in Chapter I is bearing what type of expression?
(a) A frown.
(b) A frozen shriek.
(c) A smile.
(d) A grimace.

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

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

15. Which type of sensory input causes the boys in Chapter I to want to turn around?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sight.
(d) Hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boys featured in Chapter I see a corpse floating in which type of body of water?

2. To what type of creature does Yesenia liken Luismi in Chapter III?

3. For what reason did Yesenia go to the body of water nearby the location where she later encountered her cousin Luismi?

4. 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?

5. What cause did the coroner name in his report about Manolo's death?

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