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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
(a) He doesn't want to look stiff.
(b) His skin is too sensitive for it.
(c) It makes his clothes look dirty.
(d) He thinks starch is for girls.

2. Santiago Nasar's pure white linen suit suggests:
(a) Womanliness.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Burial wrappings.

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

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

5. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:
(a) That women are ruled by reason while men are ruled by passions.
(b) That women are often responsible for restoring order by calming the passions of men.
(c) That men can never be found at home when they are needed.
(d) That women are always being deserted by men in pursuit of honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?

2. Santiago Nasar's main concern at the wedding was:

3. When the narrator warns Santiago that "A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain," he suggests:

4. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:

5. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?

(see the answer key)

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