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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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 everyone's plan to murder him.
(c) That it was his punishment for a misspent life.
(d) That Santiago knew he would die that day.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The idea that Santiago's image, kneeling to pick up the letters, "looked like penance" suggests:

2. Santiago Nasar's pure white linen suit suggests:

3. When Christo Bedoya sees Placida Linero awake, the "spell" of her beauty is broken, which implies:

4. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:

5. To intimidate Santiago Nasar on the morning of his murder, what does Victoria Guzman do?

(see the answer key)

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