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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:
(a) His wedding was a small, simple affair.
(b) He claims life will be too short to tell others about it.
(c) He claims his wedding will be the biggest the town has ever seen.
(d) He never plans to marry.

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

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

4. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?
(a) She now has the look of a trapped animal.
(b) She looks offended by the excess.
(c) She now has the face of a married woman.
(d) She is extremely frightened.

5. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?
(a) They were singing sad songs at the wedding.
(b) They were sharpening their butchering knives.
(c) They were at a brothel with Santiago Nasar.
(d) They were drinking at Clotilde Armenta's

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

3. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?

5. At the end of the chapter, Santiago is compared to:

(see the answer key)

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