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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:
(a) Santiago's consumption of women.
(b) The spilling of Santiago and Angela's secret.
(c) The fate that Santiago deserves.
(d) The savage attitudes of the townspeople toward honor and revenge.

2. The narrator last sees Santiago Nasar walking along the river with:
(a) Christo Bedoya.
(b) Maria Alejandrina Cervantes.
(c) Angela Vicario.
(d) The Vicario Twins.

3. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:
(a) They acted honorably in defense of their sister.
(b) They will both be hanged.
(c) They will be punished in the afterlife.
(d) They are mentally unfit to stand trial.

4. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Enter arranged marriages.
(b) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(c) Pursue the church above all else.
(d) Ignore earthly pleasures.

5. The narrator does not believe Santiago had a guilty conscience that night because:
(a) He challenged anyone who did not believe him to a fight.
(b) He continued to court Angela Vicario.
(c) He refused to go to the widower Xius's house.
(d) His manner was carefree and celbratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mayor's asks the priest to perform the autopsy instead of a medically trained person because:

2. The author differentiates between his sisters by calling them:

3. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:

4. The Vicario family:

5. The narrator describes San Roman as:

(see the answer key)

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