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

2. With what type of expression does Dona Tina look at Yesenia just before she dies at the end of Chapter III?

3. The poem included in the epigraph section of Hurricane Season entitled "Easter, 1916" was written by which poet?

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

5. Prior to his incarceration, Maurilio took what action "like a norteno," (33) according to Yesenia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Melchor create a feeling of suspense within the reading audience in the novel's first brief chapter?

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

6. Characterize the relationship between Dona Tina and Yesenia.

7. What does the wet rope symbolize?

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

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. What did most women seeking the Witch's service do when they visited her and why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Melchor’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Hurricane Season. How does Melchor use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader to feel certain emotions over the course of the work, to understand particular arguments being made, and to provide a clear picture of the community at the center of the novel, for example?

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

Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Hurricane Season.

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