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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smell does Munra detect when he awakens from a dream about Nana Mircea?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Burnt toast.
(c) Hand cream.
(d) Lilac.

2. Munra resents the fact that it took Chabela only how many days to take a liking to Norma?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. The narrator reveals that after her hair was cut off, Yesenia was sent to sleep in what location?
(a) The attic.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The yard.
(d) The basement.

4. What is revealed to be the real reason why Brando continued to go to parties at the Witch's house?
(a) He loved to hear Luismi recite poetry.
(b) He loved to hear Luismi sing.
(c) He loved to dance with the Witch.
(d) He loved to watch Luismi dance alone.

5. After a period of severe torture, Brando finally told his captor about the door to an upstairs room in which character's house?
(a) Willy's.
(b) Munra's.
(c) The Witch's.
(d) Luismi's.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which day of May was the Witch's body found in the canal?

2. Yesenia claims that which character only goes out at night?

3. What action did the woman in the green dress take while unconscious in Chapter VI, prompting Brando to punch her in the face?

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

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

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