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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:
(a) Excessive drinking.
(b) Having all-night parties.
(c) Excessive eating.
(d) Barring her doors from the public.

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

3. 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 is more interested in his own concerns than in warning Santiago Nasar.
(c) The Colonel is far too distracted by the bishop's visit to warn Santiago Nasar.
(d) The Colonel believes Santiago Nasar should die.

4. Christo Bedoya declines to conduct the autopsy because:
(a) He was such close friends with Santiago.
(b) He feels guilty for murdering Santiago.
(c) He is still angry at Santiago's behavior.
(d) He hasn't taken the medical exam yet.

5. When the others in the meat market complain of hangovers or of missing the cake at the wedding, how do the twins reply?
(a) We're going to kill Santiago Nasar.
(b) We just came to sharpen our knives.
(c) Everybody knows that, you dope.
(d) When you sacrifice a steer, you don't look into its eyes.

6. The priest laments that a brilliant future was cut short for Santiago because:
(a) His heart was enlarged in his chest.
(b) His brain was left untouched by the autopsy.
(c) He had so many admirers.
(d) His brain was larger than the average Englishman's.

7. The repeated foretelling of Santiago Nasar's death suggests:
(a) That it was fated or inevitable in such a town and culture.
(b) That it was his punishment for a misspent life.
(c) That Santiago knew he would die that day.
(d) That it was everyone's plan to murder him.

8. Victoria Guzman calls Santiago Nasar "white man," because he is partly white, but this also might suggest:
(a) His prejudice against the townspeople.
(b) Her fear of him as different than herself.
(c) His innocence.
(d) Her hatred of his wealth and priveledge.

9. The twins' actions seem to result from:
(a) A sense of duty, but not a sense of pride.
(b) A sense of honor, but not bloodthirstiness.
(c) A senes of bloodthirstiness, but not a sense of pride.
(d) A sense of compassion, but not a sense of duty.

10. The twins were transferred to:
(a) The mayor's house.
(b) Their mother's house.
(c) The school auditorium.
(d) Santiago Nasar's house.

11. The priest describes the autopsy as:
(a) Being the work of that barbarian the mayor.
(b) Having killed Santiago all over again.
(c) Having scarred him for life.
(d) Being the work of savage dogs.

12. A word that might describe how the twins feel in this situation is:
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Trapped.
(c) Elated.
(d) Excited.

13. Pablo Vicario goes on to:
(a) Become a metalsmith and marries his fiance.
(b) Become a metalsmith and dies in his fathers shop.
(c) Marry his fiance and dies shortly thereafter.
(d) Enlist in the army and disappears in the jungle.

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

15. The Colonel treats the twins like:
(a) Hostile enemies.
(b) Worthless drunks.
(c) Naughty children.
(d) Worthy adversaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Clearly the Vicario brothers:

2. The Arab community in the novel is described as:

3. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:

4. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:

5. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:

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