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

2. Prior to his incarceration, Maurilio took what action "like a norteno," (33) according to Yesenia?
(a) Argued with his wife.
(b) Sang.
(c) Played the guitar.
(d) Dressed.

3. The narrator states that the Witch had never asked greater than what price for performing her conjuring skills?
(a) 100 pesos.
(b) A handful of nuts.
(c) A ream of paper.
(d) Some company.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yesenia claims that which character only goes out at night?

2. What method did Yesenia plan to use to kill Luismi the next time he came home to Dona Tina's house?

3. The nickname given to Yesenia was meant to characterize her as what type of creature with two legs?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the wet rope symbolize?

2. 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?

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

4. In what way does Melchor subtly suggest the true purpose that the Witch had served within her community prior to her death?

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

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

7. Characterize the relationship between Dona Tina and Yesenia.

8. Discuss Melchor's use of sensory details and vivid imagery within the final passages of Chapter I.

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

10. For what crime was Maurilio incarcerated and for how long?

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