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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The white linen clothes Santiago wears on the day of his death make him look:
(a) Like he is wearing pajamas.
(b) Like a ghost.
(c) Like a bride.
(d) Like he never went to bed.

2. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:
(a) He never plans to marry.
(b) His wedding was a small, simple affair.
(c) He claims his wedding will be the biggest the town has ever seen.
(d) He claims life will be too short to tell others about it.

3. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Three slow knocks on the door.
(b) Paleness of her daughter.
(c) Drunkards singing outside.
(d) Devastation of the wedding party.

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

5. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?
(a) The bishop blessing the town.
(b) The wind in the almond trees.
(c) A fight between the Vicario brothers.
(d) Roosters crowing.

6. What does Luisa Santiaga learn on her way to warn Placida Linero about the murder plot?
(a) She learns that Placida Linero has been dishonored.
(b) She learns that Santiago Nasar is already dead.
(c) She learns that Santiago is guilty of seducing Angela Vicario.
(d) She learns that Placida Linero is already dead.

7. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?
(a) She warns Placida Linero of the murder plot.
(b) She gives him the warning someone slipped beneath the door.
(c) She asks her mother to help him.
(d) She leaves the front door unlocked.

8. The narrator describes San Roman as:
(a) Confident and enthusiastic.
(b) Jubilant and handsome.
(c) Tense and sad.
(d) Mysterious and evil.

9. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:
(a) He refused to marry Angela.
(b) He stole their sister's virginity.
(c) He spread rumors about Angela through the town.
(d) He told Angela's husband she was not a virgin.

10. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?
(a) They were singing sad songs at the wedding.
(b) They were sharpening their butchering knives.
(c) They were drinking at Clotilde Armenta's
(d) They were at a brothel with Santiago Nasar.

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

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

13. The twins did not try to convince Angela to marry Bayardo San Roman because:
(a) They were not convinced the wedding would take place.
(b) They felt it was a matter of her honor.
(c) They said it looked to them like women problems.
(d) They thought women should be allowed to make up their own minds.

14. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:
(a) Supernatural.
(b) Holy.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Funereal.

15. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:
(a) A weakness of spirit and an air of helplessness.
(b) A boldness unbecoming to a lady.
(c) A desperation men found stifling.
(d) A poverty of morals and a reckless nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

2. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:

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

4. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

5. Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in:

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