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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Santiago's house is made out of a former:
(a) Warehouse.
(b) Farmhouse.
(c) Parlor.
(d) Import store.

3. Bayardo San Roman returns his bride to her parents because:
(a) She is not a virgin.
(b) She does not love him.
(c) She has no inheritance.
(d) She confesses to love another.

4. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":
(a) ...Disguised what he had come to town for.
(b) ...Served to conceal rather than reveal.
(c) ...Did not allow him to be known at first sight.
(d) ...Conveyed urgency.

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 helpless and has no will of her own.
(d) She is powerful, and they must subdue her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

2. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?

3. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

4. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:

5. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?

(see the answer key)

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