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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 never went to bed.
(b) Like he is wearing pajamas.
(c) Like a bride.
(d) Like a ghost.

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

3. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:
(a) Victoria and Divina Guzman.
(b) Juan and Poncio Vicario.
(c) Santiaga and Clotilde Armenta.
(d) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

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

5. 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 fear of heights.
(c) The dreams seem to indicate feelings of guilt and inadequacy.
(d) The dreams seem to indicate a new love for Santiago.

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

7. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?
(a) Santiago has a headache on this particular morning.
(b) This morning's dream foretold an illness for Santiago.
(c) This morning's dream foretells Santiago's death.
(d) Santiago is allergic to birds.

8. 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 makes others happy.
(c) What others have.
(d) What money can buy him.

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

10. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:
(a) Butchers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Carpenters.

11. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:
(a) Curious and excited.
(b) Bashful and withdrawn.
(c) Contemptuous and resentful.
(d) Fearful and concerned.

12. 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 tormented by her inability to love him.
(c) Rather than wanting her to be happy, Bayardo tries to keep her miserable.
(d) He is having some revenge on the family.

13. People like San Roman because:
(a) He is honest and has a good heart.
(b) He is swimming in gold.
(c) Has access to endless resources.
(d) He is capable and religious.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:

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

3. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?

5. Santiago's mood as he leaves his home for the last time is described as:

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