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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the chapter, Santiago is compared to:
(a) A name among the shadows.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A well-aimed dart.
(d) A butterfly with no will of its own.

2. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Ignore earthly pleasures.
(b) Pursue the church above all else.
(c) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(d) Enter arranged marriages.

3. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
(a) No one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants.
(b) The town was not in need of help.
(c) The bishop, and therefore God, has neglected the town.
(d) The bishop knows of the murder plot.

4. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?
(a) The town and the river.
(b) Santiago's grave.
(c) The jailhouse.
(d) The almond trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

2. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?

3. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

4. People like San Roman because:

5. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:

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