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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:
(a) Vain and unpredictable.
(b) Traditional and stoic.
(c) Wealthy and ostentatious.
(d) Greedy and scheming.

3. The narrator has a hard time believing Santiago was Angela's seducer because:
(a) He thinks Santiago was in love with someone else.
(b) Santiago has a strict religious upbringing.
(c) He knows there was a feud between the Nasars and the Vicarios.
(d) He was best friends with Santiago and knew all his secrets.

4. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Fatal mistakes.
(b) Painful anomalies.
(c) Fatal coincidences.
(d) Painful ironies.

5. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:
(a) Anger.
(b) Relief.
(c) Fear.
(d) Remorse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?

3. Bayardo San Roman returns his bride to her parents because:

4. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?

5. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:

(see the answer key)

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