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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. The Witch wore what item over her face whenever she was in public?

2. What is the name of the priest at Brando's mother's parish?

3. How many years older than Brando is Brando's girlfriend?

4. The narrator reveals that when Brando was not yet a teenager, he was laughed at for all but which of the following traits?

5. Ever since the accident that nearly took Munra's leg, he avoids what objects?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does Melchor send about the power of listening during Luismi's discussion with Munra in Chapter IV?

2. In what way does the theme of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative within Chapter V?

3. What did the kiss symbolize between Norma and Pepe the first time it occurred and why?

4. What development in the plot brings Brando joy at the end of Chapter VI and why?

5. What information did Brando finally reveal when various methods were used to get him to talk?

6. What kind of person is Pepe and how do you know?

7. For what reason did Munra buy three beers for Luismi at Sarajuana's?

8. How does Melchor utilize sensory details in order to portray Norma's feelings about childbirth?

9. What methods did Rigorito and his men use to draw the truth out of Brando in the wake of his arrest?

10. Discuss a moment when Melchor opens a chapter with a simile in order to create a vivid picture of the chapter's setting.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Hurricane Season and analyze Melchor’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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