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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The brothers' plan to murder Santiago is strangely contradicted at Clothilde Armenta's house by:
(a) Their proclamations that they don't want to kill Santiago.
(b) Their inability to eat or drink anything.
(c) Their desire to shave and clean up.
(d) Their disbelief in their sister's guilt.

2. Pedro Vicario's guilt manifests itself in what way?
(a) He cannot control his bladder.
(b) He was awake for eleven months after the murder.
(c) He refuses to eat for eleven months after the murder.
(d) He refuses to marry his fiance.

3. The narrator learns that the Vicario twins:
(a) Tried to find someone to stop them from the killing.
(b) Hid out until the murder so they could not be stopped.
(c) Turned themselves in only after they were surrounded.
(d) Acted on behalf of their mother's wishes.

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

5. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:
(a) Priests.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Butchers.
(d) Carpenters.

Short Answer Questions

1. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?

2. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:

3. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:

4. Angela Vicario decides to write Bayardo San Roman after:

5. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:

(see the answer key)

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