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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:
(a) What makes others happy.
(b) What others have.
(c) What money can buy him.
(d) What cannot be purchased with money.

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

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:
(a) Dreamy, distracted, and brooding.
(b) Happy, a man who had satisfaction, and flirtatious.
(c) Enthusiastic, a man of great fortune, and impressive.
(d) Handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own.

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

5. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:
(a) A poverty of morals and a reckless nature.
(b) A desperation men found stifling.
(c) A weakness of spirit and an air of helplessness.
(d) A boldness unbecoming to a lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might Santiago's dreams of trees symbolize?

2. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?

3. Santiago's house is made out of a former:

4. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:

5. Another event that adds to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman is that:

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