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

2. The narrator describes the corpse in Chapter I as floating among rushes and what other objects?

3. The narrator states that the Witch had never asked greater than what price for performing her conjuring skills?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the wet rope symbolize?

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

3. Characterize the relationship between Dona Tina and Yesenia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How are the themes of eccentricity and conformity depicted within Melchor’s Hurricane Season?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Melchor's messages about motherhood within the text Hurricane Season.

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