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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:
(a) Goes to Colonel Aponte to reveal the murder plot.
(b) Gets drunk with the twins because he does not believe they are serious.
(c) Takes away the twins knives and goes home.
(d) Gets gored by a bull before he can warn Santiago Nasar.

2. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:
(a) An insomniac falcon.
(b) A warlike crane.
(c) An insomniac leopard.
(d) A cat woman.

3. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(b) Join them at home for breakfast.
(c) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(d) Go home and rest.

4. 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) He can not get enough money for his possessions.
(c) It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up.
(d) It all has sentimental value for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?

2. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?

3. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?

4. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes refuses to believe that the twins came to her place looking for Santiago because:

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

(see the answer key)

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