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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angela is frightened that:
(a) Bayardo has come to force her to confess.
(b) Her mother will come and frighten him away.
(c) Bayardo may not feel enough love for her to forgive her aging.
(d) Bayardo will still be angry after seventeen years.

2. The narrator's recounting of Colonel Lazaro Aponte's mundane morning details reveals:
(a) The Colonel is more interested in his own concerns than in warning Santiago Nasar.
(b) The Colonel is far too distracted by the bishop's visit to warn Santiago Nasar.
(c) The Colonel has not been warned about the murder plot either.
(d) The Colonel believes Santiago Nasar should die.

3. Divina Flor claims she did not warn Santiago about the murder plot against him because:
(a) She was only a child, incapable of making her own decisions.
(b) She was afraid of her mother that morning.
(c) She thought the murder plot was a joke.
(d) She thought Santiago was already a ghost because his touch was cold.

4. The fact that the bishop overlooks the town, the narrator's nun sister is too hung over to greet the boat, and Father Amador neglects to warn Santiago about the murder suggests:
(a) The church does not always support the people as it should.
(b) The church does not care about its followers.
(c) The church is a fun organization.
(d) The church is not influential over the people.

5. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:
(a) Funereal.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Holy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Vicario twins' behavior suggests:

2. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":

3. Why does Father Carmen Amador perform Santiago's autopsy?

4. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:

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

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