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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 final action does Yesenia take just before Dona Tina dies in her arms at the end of Chapter III?

2. When the Witch was a young girl, she ran many errands for the household, including traveling how many miles each way to reach the market in Villa?

3. What name did the Witch's mother NOT use in reference to her daughter while she was still alive to call the Witch names?

4. What is the last name of the sisters famous for spreading gossip throughout the town?

5. On what day of the week did Yesenia bump into her cousin Luismi for the first time in years?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within the epigraph section of Hurricane Season?

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

6. How does Yesenia feel about her cousin Luismi and why?

7. For what reasons is the request to claim the Witch's body denied and what is the significance of the refusal?

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

9. What is the source of the rumor that the Old Witch had possessed a great deal of money?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ultimate message is Melchor sending about the nature and value of compassion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of addiction with Melchor's text Hurricane Season. What messages are being sent about the nature of addiction and what response does the text intend to provoke from its audience?

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from Hurricane Season, such as the black oak door, the van, the diamond ring, poultry shears, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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