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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(b) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(c) Join them at home for breakfast.
(d) Go home and rest.

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:
(a) Excessive eating.
(b) Excessive drinking.
(c) Having all-night parties.
(d) Barring her doors from the public.

3. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(b) Ignore earthly pleasures.
(c) Enter arranged marriages.
(d) Pursue the church above all else.

4. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:
(a) The spilling of Santiago and Angela's secret.
(b) Santiago's consumption of women.
(c) The savage attitudes of the townspeople toward honor and revenge.
(d) The fate that Santiago deserves.

5. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:
(a) Irony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Character foil.
(d) Motif.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another contrast of values apparent in the chapter is:

2. After the murder, Pedro and Pablo Vicario express:

3. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:

4. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:

5. Bayardo's suitcase full of unopened letters suggests:

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