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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Up until the time of the murder the Vicario twins:
(a) Hide the truth from the townspeople.
(b) Do everything they can to be stopped from committing the crime.
(c) Claim they are looking for Bayardo San Roman.
(d) Claim they do not have the nerve to commit the murder.

2. The twins are not worried about Santiago carrying a gun because:
(a) He claimed only cowards carried guns.
(b) Everyone knows he only carries one when riding.
(c) Everyone knows he never learned to shoot.
(d) Feared all firearms.

3. Though Santiago was dying:
(a) He still harrassed a few women on the way home.
(b) He refused medical help from anyone.
(c) His appearance was as handsome and regal as ever.
(d) He took time to tell all his loved ones he cared about them.

4. Another contrast of values apparent in the chapter is:
(a) The hasty funeral caused by the decomposing body.
(b) Colonel Aponte becoming a vegetarian.
(c) The whores dying their party clothes to mourning colors.
(d) The narrator digging up old information about the murder.

5. Angela's appearance when she arrives at home suggests:
(a) She physically fought with Bayardo San Roman, or he beat her.
(b) She tried to escape him and he caught her.
(c) She refused to leave the wedding party.
(d) She behaved badly and was punished.

Short Answer Questions

1. The twins were transferred to:

2. Angela Vicario decides to write Bayardo San Roman after:

3. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?

4. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?

5. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:

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