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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. In which month of the year does Chapter I take place?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) May.
2. What is the name of Yesenia's niece?
(a) Maria.
(b) Stella.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Vanessa.
3. The narrator describes the corpse in Chapter I as floating among rushes and what other objects?
(a) Tissues.
(b) Plastic bags.
(c) Paper cups.
(d) Syringes.
4. Which entity refuses to turn over the Witch's body to those who want to provide her with a proper burial?
(a) The murderer.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The police.
(d) The prosecutor.
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?
(a) A lion.
(b) A dog.
(c) A shark.
(d) A slug.
Short Answer Questions
1. The group of boys in Chapter I are armed with what type of weapons?
2. At what time of day does Chapter I take place?
3. What object does the group of boys use to carry the small rocks featured in Chapter I?
4. The most valuable asset within Manolo's estate was thought to be a ring featuring what kind of stone?
5. How many years in prison did Maurilio serve for his crime before he was released?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the expression on Dona Tina's face at the end of Chapter III?
2. How does Melchor create a feeling of suspense within the reading audience in the novel's first brief chapter?
3. What does the wet rope symbolize?
4. Discuss Melchor's use of sensory details and vivid imagery within the final passages of Chapter I.
5. What is the significance of the wooden crate described in Chapter III?
6. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within the epigraph section of Hurricane Season?
7. 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?
8. How did Dona Tina find out who told the police that Luismi was involved with the Witch's murder?
9. Why did Maurilio stop raising his son Luismi even before he was incarcerated?
10. What is Yesenia's favorite physical feature and how did it get destroyed?
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