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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 name did the Witch's mother NOT use in reference to her daughter while she was still alive to call the Witch names?

2. When the Witch was a young girl, she ran many errands for the household, including traveling how many miles each way to reach the market in Villa?

3. On what day of the week did Yesenia bump into her cousin Luismi for the first time in years?

4. In Chapter II, the narrator states that the Witch was called Young Witch until which member of her family died?

5. The Witch's community believed that she kept a statue hidden in her house that resembled what figure?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write a critical essay about Hurricane Season while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, the persecution of trans women, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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

What ultimate message is Melchor sending about the nature and value of compassion?

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