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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Devastation of the wedding party.
(b) Paleness of her daughter.
(c) Drunkards singing outside.
(d) Three slow knocks on the door.

2. Ironically, the priest had to use what implements to perform the autopsy?
(a) Craftsmen's tools.
(b) Garden tools.
(c) Kitchen utensils.
(d) Silverware.

3. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:
(a) Leandro Pornoy, a police officer.
(b) Poncio Vicario, the twins' father.
(c) Don Rogelio de la Flor, Clothilde Armenta's husband.
(d) Victoria Guzman, the cook.

4. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?
(a) The narrator's mother does not forsee Santiago's murder.
(b) The bishop's boat comes through town.
(c) The narrator and his friends argue.
(d) The narrator's father plays violin, and his sister, the nun, dances.

5. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Character foil.
(c) Motif.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. The widower Xius' house and his possessions are symbolic of what?

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

3. Because Angela's unanswered letters make her feel like she is writing to no one:

4. The Vicario family:

5. The repeated foretelling of Santiago Nasar's death suggests:

(see the answer key)

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