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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?
(a) Carmen Amador and Cotilde Armenta.
(b) Poncio and Pedro Vicario.
(c) Margot and Christo Bedoya.
(d) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

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

3. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
(a) The bishop, and therefore God, has neglected the town.
(b) The town was not in need of help.
(c) The bishop knows of the murder plot.
(d) No one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants.

4. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?
(a) He is afraid of the Vicario brothers.
(b) He has other towns to visit.
(c) He hates the town.
(d) He knows about the murder plot.

5. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:
(a) She was a practicing mystic.
(b) She predicted Santiago's life would end tragically.
(c) She always had news before anyone else in the house.
(d) She was close to Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:

2. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:

4. Angela's appearance when she arrives at home suggests:

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

(see the answer key)

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