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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might Santiago's dreams of trees symbolize?
(a) The dreams seem to indicate delight over a secret.
(b) The dreams seem to indicate a new love for Santiago.
(c) The dreams seem to indicate feelings of guilt and inadequacy.
(d) The dreams seem to indicate a fear of heights.

2. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?
(a) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(b) Margot and Christo Bedoya.
(c) Carmen Amador and Cotilde Armenta.
(d) Poncio and Pedro Vicario.

3. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes refuses to believe that the twins came to her place looking for Santiago because:
(a) She does not remember the events of that evening clearly.
(b) She did not allow the twins entrance to her place.
(c) She claims they never would have left.
(d) She claims they were not allowed to visit her establishment.

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
(a) He doesn't want to look stiff.
(b) It makes his clothes look dirty.
(c) His skin is too sensitive for it.
(d) He thinks starch is for girls.

5. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:
(a) She is godmother to both Santiago and Angela.
(b) She is no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida Linero.
(c) She wants to stay at home with her family, but feels a duty to leave.
(d) She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:

2. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:

3. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?

4. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:

5. Santiago's house is made out of a former:

(see the answer key)

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