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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:
(a) Dies in the street.
(b) Says goodbye to his mother for the last time.
(c) Walks home from the wedding.
(d) Wakes up in the morning.

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

3. The purple blotch that appears on Santiago's face is described as:
(a) The shadow of a cloud on water.
(b) A mark of sin.
(c) A birthmark.
(d) The shadow of a guilty conscience.

4. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(b) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.
(c) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.
(d) Is concealing another, greater shame.

5. Christo Bedoya declines to conduct the autopsy because:
(a) He hasn't taken the medical exam yet.
(b) He was such close friends with Santiago.
(c) He feels guilty for murdering Santiago.
(d) He is still angry at Santiago's behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. A word that describes Santiago's death and its effect on the townspeople might be:

2. The fact that Christo Bedoya can not tell the twins apart implies:

3. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:

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

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

(see the answer key)

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