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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another event that adds to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman is that:
(a) He returns Angela to her home.
(b) He is two hours late for his own wedding.
(c) He is cold and aloof toward Angela.
(d) He is nowhere to be found on his wedding day.

2. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?
(a) The narrator's mother does not forsee Santiago's murder.
(b) The bishop's boat comes through town.
(c) The narrator's father plays violin, and his sister, the nun, dances.
(d) The narrator and his friends argue.

3. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?
(a) He was not wearing his ususal clothes with the gun on his belt.
(b) He promised his mother he would not carry a gun.
(c) He had accidentally left his gun under his pillow.
(d) He was superstitious about carrying a gun in front of the bishop.

4. Angela's appearance when she arrives at home suggests:
(a) She physically fought with Bayardo San Roman, or he beat her.
(b) She behaved badly and was punished.
(c) She refused to leave the wedding party.
(d) She tried to escape him and he caught her.

5. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?
(a) She is likely to escape if not guarded.
(b) She is defiant and childlike.
(c) She is powerful, and they must subdue her.
(d) She is helpless and has no will of her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator last sees Santiago Nasar walking along the river with:

2. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?

3. People like San Roman because:

4. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?

5. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

(see the answer key)

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