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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:
(a) Santiago's innocence.
(b) The priest's fear that the autopsy was a sin.
(c) Santiago's religious beliefs.
(d) The priest's belief in Santiago's innocence.

2. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:
(a) He is losing his mind.
(b) He refuses to see Angela as a grown woman.
(c) He is unprepared and powerless in these events.
(d) He opposes his daughter's marriage.

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

4. Another contrast of values apparent in the chapter is:
(a) The whores dying their party clothes to mourning colors.
(b) Colonel Aponte becoming a vegetarian.
(c) The narrator digging up old information about the murder.
(d) The hasty funeral caused by the decomposing body.

5. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:
(a) What others have.
(b) What makes others happy.
(c) What money can buy him.
(d) What cannot be purchased with money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

2. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:

3. Pura Vicario dresses her daughter in red and wraps her face in a cloth, which suggests:

4. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?

5. What might Santiago's dreams of trees symbolize?

(see the answer key)

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