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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What implement did Dona Tina use to cut off Yesenia's hair in retaliation for allegedly telling lies about Luismi?
(a) A switchblade.
(b) A can opener.
(c) A pair of poultry shears.
(d) A pair of barber shears.

2. According to rumors in town, for what type of purpose did the Witch use the statue hidden in her home?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Educational.
(c) Religious.
(d) Emotional.

3. What is the name of Yesenia's niece?
(a) Vanessa.
(b) Stella.
(c) Maria.
(d) Rachel.

4. The nickname given to Yesenia was meant to characterize her as what type of creature with two legs?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A snail.
(c) A snake.
(d) A catfish.

5. What object does the group of boys use to carry the small rocks featured in Chapter I?
(a) A sock.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A basket.
(d) A pail.

6. How many boys are in the group featured in the first chapter of Hurricane Season?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

7. How many years after Maurilio's release from prison did he die?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

8. As the group of boys in Chapter I moves through the water, they are wading through mud up to what parts of their bodies?
(a) Ankles.
(b) Waists.
(c) Knees.
(d) Shins.

9. The boys featured in Chapter I see a corpse floating in which type of body of water?
(a) River.
(b) Bog.
(c) Canal.
(d) Lake.

10. Yesenia was with Vanessa when she heard that which character's body had been found?
(a) Dona Tina.
(b) The Witch.
(c) Brando.
(d) Father Casto.

11. The poem included in the epigraph section of Hurricane Season entitled "Easter, 1916" was written by which poet?
(a) W.B. Yeats.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) John Keats.
(d) John Donne.

12. Prior to his incarceration, Maurilio took what action "like a norteno," (33) according to Yesenia?
(a) Played the guitar.
(b) Dressed.
(c) Sang.
(d) Argued with his wife.

13. Luismi unknowingly thwarted Yesenia's plan to murder him when he moved in with which other members of his family?
(a) His mother and stepfather.
(b) His brother and uncle.
(c) His uncles.
(d) His cousins.

14. In what year did a hurricane cause the stone temples built by the ancients to be buried within the mountainside?
(a) 1963.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1934.

15. For what purpose did the women who visited the Witch once a week cover their faces?
(a) To avoid criminal prosecution.
(b) To avoid being accused of prostitution.
(c) To avoid being the subject of gossip.
(d) To avoid interviews.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Manolo's death, the Witch's customer paid for her services with what kind of goods?

3. The narrator reveals in Chapter III that which character reported Luismi to the police for his possible involvement in the Witch's murder?

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

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

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