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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?
(a) Placida Linero.
(b) Clotilde Armenta.
(c) Victoria Guzman.
(d) Divina Flor.

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

3. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:
(a) The bishop's arrival.
(b) The wedding party starting up again.
(c) The roosters crowing at the dock.
(d) Santiago's murder.

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

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

6. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:
(a) Rather than making her happy, the marriage makes her miserable.
(b) He is having some revenge on the family.
(c) He is tormented by her inability to love him.
(d) Rather than wanting her to be happy, Bayardo tries to keep her miserable.

7. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?
(a) Good luck.
(b) A fear of birds.
(c) A negative outcome for his day.
(d) A need to move to another town.

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

9. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:
(a) He does not respect Bayardo San Roman.
(b) It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up.
(c) It all has sentimental value for him.
(d) He can not get enough money for his possessions.

10. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?
(a) He was superstitious about carrying a gun in front of the bishop.
(b) He had accidentally left his gun under his pillow.
(c) He promised his mother he would not carry a gun.
(d) He was not wearing his ususal clothes with the gun on his belt.

11. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:
(a) The groom was afraid the bride would change her mind.
(b) The groom was extremely urgent about the wedding.
(c) The town wanted a big wedding.
(d) The bride's family was afraid the groom would learn the truth.

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

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

14. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:
(a) His mother always forced him to keep the bullets separate.
(b) A servant accidentally fired a gun in his childhood, causing great destruction.
(c) He shot a gun as a child and caused great destruction.
(d) He sleeps with a gun beneath his pillow and does not want it to go off accidentally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

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

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

4. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:

5. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:

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