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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:
(a) The groom was extremely urgent about the wedding.
(b) The bride's family was afraid the groom would learn the truth.
(c) The groom was afraid the bride would change her mind.
(d) The town wanted a big wedding.

2. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:
(a) He told Angela's husband she was not a virgin.
(b) He spread rumors about Angela through the town.
(c) He stole their sister's virginity.
(d) He refused to marry Angela.

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

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

5. Santiago Nasar insists on returning home for an hour so that:
(a) He can reassure his mother of his safety.
(b) He can avoid the Vicario twins.
(c) He can sleep for an hour before the bishop arrived.
(d) He can have coffee with Victoria Guzman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?

3. The narrator last sees Santiago Nasar walking along the river with:

4. Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in:

5. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

(see the answer key)

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