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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fact that the bishop overlooks the town, the narrator's nun sister is too hung over to greet the boat, and Father Amador neglects to warn Santiago about the murder suggests:
(a) The church is not influential over the people.
(b) The church is a fun organization.
(c) The church does not care about its followers.
(d) The church does not always support the people as it should.

2. The fact that the narrator does not remember rain on the day of the murder suggests:
(a) That he was hiding out at the whorehouse.
(b) That he wanted Santiago Nasar to die.
(c) That he himself understands the matter on some level.
(d) That he is too traumatized to remember.

3. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(b) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.
(c) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.
(d) Is concealing another, greater shame.

4. The narrator's recounting of Colonel Lazaro Aponte's mundane morning details reveals:
(a) The Colonel has not been warned about the murder plot either.
(b) The Colonel believes Santiago Nasar should die.
(c) The Colonel is more interested in his own concerns than in warning Santiago Nasar.
(d) The Colonel is far too distracted by the bishop's visit to warn Santiago Nasar.

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

6. The juxtaposition of Santiago's massacred body and his elaborate coffin suggests:
(a) The arrogance of the priest and doctor.
(b) The superstition of the townspeople.
(c) The futility of preserving youth.
(d) The hypocrisy of values among the townspeople.

7. The townspeople refer to Bayardo San Roman as "poor Bayardo" because:
(a) He remains in the widower Xius house, never to be seen again.
(b) They believe he is the only true victim.
(c) He was not really wealthy after all.
(d) He never marries again.

8. The Nasar's house was crowded because:
(a) People had come to view the body.
(b) People had come to pay their respects to Placida Linero.
(c) People had come to help perform the autopsy.
(d) People had come to get in out of the heat.

9. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:
(a) She has never gotten over her love for him.
(b) She believes he will seek revenge if she does.
(c) She wants to show her respect for him.
(d) She retired after their affair ended.

10. Bayardo's statement, "Well, here I am," suggests:
(a) That he has been there all along.
(b) That he is now ready to hear her explanations.
(c) That he knows what Angela wants and has forgiven her.
(d) That he has come to confront her about her behavior.

11. Ironically, the matriarch of the Arab community was responsible for:
(a) Carrying out the revenge against the twins.
(b) Curing the Vicario twins' illnesses.
(c) Providing the twins with a place to stay.
(d) Assuaging the twins' guilt.

12. The Arab community in the novel is described as:
(a) Lazy, clannish, and peaceful.
(b) Lazy, stubborn, and combustive.
(c) Hard-working, clannish, and peaceful.
(d) Hard-working, vengeful, and divisive.

13. The twins attribute their health problems to:
(a) Guilt over their crime.
(b) The abysmal prison conditions.
(c) Attempted poisoning.
(d) Fear.

14. Santiago Nasar's tendency to disguise the girls' identities might suggest that:
(a) He wants women to forget themselves or their inhibitions in bed.
(b) He wants to make Maria Alejandrina Cervantes jealous.
(c) He wants to confuse the girls so no one remembers him.
(d) He tries to create confusion for others to disguise his own actions.

15. The serenade that took place at the widower Xius's house was intended to:
(a) Rouse the newlyweds so the party could continue at their house.
(b) Wake the newlyweds on their wedding night.
(c) Show Bayardo San Roman who wronged his wife.
(d) Make sure Bayardo had not drunk himself to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the others in the meat market complain of hangovers or of missing the cake at the wedding, how do the twins reply?

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:

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

4. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:

5. A word that might describe how the twins feel in this situation is:

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