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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Luis Enrique is unable to tell his family what he saw at the milk shop because:
(a) He was too terrified to repeat it.
(b) He does not understand what he saw.
(c) He thought they were all asleep.
(d) He passed out when he got home.

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

4. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:
(a) A cat woman.
(b) An insomniac leopard.
(c) A warlike crane.
(d) An insomniac falcon.

5. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:
(a) Their need for revenge.
(b) The smell of Santiago Nasar's blood on their clothes and bodies.
(c) Their anger at their sister's behavior.
(d) The smell of the drinking from the night before.

Short Answer Questions

1. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:

2. The Vicario family:

3. Pedro Vicario's guilt manifests itself in what way?

4. Divina Flor believes:

5. Flora Miguel's major concern, when she learns of the murder plot, is:

(see the answer key)

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