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

2. Which entity refuses to turn over the Witch's body to those who want to provide her with a proper burial?
(a) The police.
(b) The prosecutor.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The murderer.

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

4. What is Dona Tina's weapon of choice when she punishes the children in the family?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A wet rope.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A paddle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yesenia was with Vanessa when she heard that which character's body had been found?

3. In what year did a hurricane cause the stone temples built by the ancients to be buried within the mountainside?

4. Luismi unknowingly thwarted Yesenia's plan to murder him when he moved in with which other members of his family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Melchor manipulate tone types in Chapter II in order to suggest the true cause of Monolo Conde's death?

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

3. How does Yesenia feel about her cousin Luismi and why?

4. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within the epigraph section of Hurricane Season?

5. What does the wet rope symbolize?

6. 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?

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

8. What is the significance of the wooden crate described in Chapter III?

9. Characterize the relationship between Dona Tina and Yesenia.

10. Why did Maurilio stop raising his son Luismi even before he was incarcerated?

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