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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:
(a) He does not respect Bayardo San Roman.
(b) It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up.
(c) He can not get enough money for his possessions.
(d) It all has sentimental value for him.

2. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:
(a) A refusal to face situations without help.
(b) A desire to hide in the dark.
(c) An unwillingness to see or acknowledge the truth.
(d) A desire to deceive others.

3. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(b) Is concealing another, greater shame.
(c) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.
(d) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.

4. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:
(a) Don Rogelio de la Flor, Clothilde Armenta's husband.
(b) Victoria Guzman, the cook.
(c) Poncio Vicario, the twins' father.
(d) Leandro Pornoy, a police officer.

5. The twins' actions seem to result from:
(a) A sense of duty, but not a sense of pride.
(b) A senes of bloodthirstiness, but not a sense of pride.
(c) A sense of honor, but not bloodthirstiness.
(d) A sense of compassion, but not a sense of duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Santiago's mood as he leaves his home for the last time is described as:

2. Luis Enrique is unable to tell his family what he saw at the milk shop because:

3. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":

4. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?

5. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:

(see the answer key)

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