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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

3. Luismi's mother used to leave him in a crate made of what material while she conducted sex work along the highway?
(a) Wood.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Straw.
(d) Bricks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character raised Luismi when his parents could no longer do so?

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

3. How does Yesenia feel about Luismi's father's reasons for letting another person raise his only son?

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

5. According to rumors in town, for what type of purpose did the Witch use the statue hidden in her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader find out the identity of the person who told the police about Luismi's involvement in the murder of the Witch?

2. What does the wet rope symbolize?

3. What was the cause of Maurilio's death and how long after his release from prison did his death occur?

4. What did most women seeking the Witch's service do when they visited her and why is this significant?

5. How did Dona Tina find out who told the police that Luismi was involved with the Witch's murder?

6. What happened to Monolo Conde's two sons and how did their fates inform the community's view of the Witch and the Girl?

7. For what reasons is the request to claim the Witch's body denied and what is the significance of the refusal?

8. What is Yesenia's favorite physical feature and how did it get destroyed?

9. How does Melchor create a feeling of suspense within the reading audience in the novel's first brief chapter?

10. What is the source of the rumor that the Old Witch had possessed a great deal of money?

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