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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Luismi's late father, as revealed in Chapter III of Hurricane Season?

2. The Witch's mother was rumored to have killed which member of her immediate family?

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

4. The adult sons of the Witch's late longtime lover blame their father's death on what cause?

5. Which types of creatures are swarming over the corpse's face, according to the narrator of Chapter I?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Melchor include details about a statue rumored to be hidden in the Witch's house?

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

3. What is the significance of the expression on Dona Tina's face at the end of Chapter III?

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

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

6. What action does Yesenia take just before Dona Tina dies in her arms?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Who was Manolo Conde and what rumors about his death have been floating around the community for years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read a lengthy interview with Melchor. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Melchor’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of Hurricane Season.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the effects of stress on the novel's characters and the coping methods each character uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which characters' methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent by Hurricane Season within the text?

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Melchor in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Hurricane Season. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Melchor’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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