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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Join them at home for breakfast.
(b) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(c) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(d) Go home and rest.

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:
(a) Enthusiastic, a man of great fortune, and impressive.
(b) Dreamy, distracted, and brooding.
(c) Happy, a man who had satisfaction, and flirtatious.
(d) Handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own.

4. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Painful anomalies.
(b) Fatal coincidences.
(c) Painful ironies.
(d) Fatal mistakes.

5. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?
(a) He knows about the murder plot.
(b) He is afraid of the Vicario brothers.
(c) He hates the town.
(d) He has other towns to visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. The white linen clothes Santiago wears on the day of his death make him look:

2. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:

3. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:

4. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:

5. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:

(see the answer key)

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