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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:
(a) The smell of Santiago Nasar's blood on their clothes and bodies.
(b) Their need for revenge.
(c) The smell of the drinking from the night before.
(d) Their anger at their sister's behavior.

2. 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 does not always support the people as it should.
(c) The church is a fun organization.
(d) The church does not care about its followers.

3. Why does Father Carmen Amador perform Santiago's autopsy?
(a) The town's doctor is gone at present, and no one else was qualified and willing.
(b) Santiago's mother does not trust the town doctor or Christo Bedoya, the medical student.
(c) Santiago's mother insists that only a priest may touch her son's body.
(d) The town's doctor is still drunk from the wedding festivities.

4. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:
(a) The priest's fear that the autopsy was a sin.
(b) Santiago's religious beliefs.
(c) The priest's belief in Santiago's innocence.
(d) Santiago's innocence.

5. Poncio Vicario's death is attributed to his "moral pain," which suggests:
(a) He knows the murder of Santiago Nasar was not right.
(b) He regrets not killing Santiago Nasar himself.
(c) He regrets his sons' prison sentences.
(d) He suffered a painful illness due to his blindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The juxtaposition of Santiago's massacred body and his elaborate coffin suggests:

2. The narrator last sees Santiago Nasar walking along the river with:

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

4. The narrator learns that the Vicario twins:

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

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