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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yesenia feel about Luismi's father's reasons for letting another person raise his only son?
(a) She feels that Luismi's mother had been at fault.
(b) She feels that Luismi has been better off without his father around.
(c) She feels that there were good intentions behind the decision.
(d) She feels that it was a cowardly decision.

2. The face of the corpse featured in Chapter I is bearing what type of expression?
(a) A smile.
(b) A frozen shriek.
(c) A frown.
(d) A grimace.

3. Which character raised Luismi when his parents could no longer do so?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Yesenia.
(c) Maurilio.
(d) Dona Tina.

4. The Witch's mother was rumored to have killed which member of her immediate family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

5. Most of the women who visited the Witch's mother on one particular day of the week covered their faces with what objects as they approached the Witch's house?
(a) A fan.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A parasol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of sensory input causes the boys in Chapter I to want to turn around?

2. How many full-grown sons raced to claim their father Manolo's assets after his death in an attempt to keep the Witch from getting anything?

3. What was the reason that Luismi's father was initially unable to raise him?

4. The ring that no living member of Manolo's family has ever seen had belonged to which one of his family members?

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 expression on Dona Tina's face at the end of Chapter III?

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

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

4. What does the wet rope symbolize?

5. What is Yesenia's favorite physical feature and how did it get destroyed?

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

7. How did Dona Tina find out who told the police that Luismi was involved with the Witch's murder?

8. How does Melchor manipulate tone types in Chapter II in order to suggest the true cause of Monolo Conde's death?

9. Who tries to claim the Witch's body in order to provide her with a proper burial?

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

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