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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:
(a) She is godmother to both Santiago and Angela.
(b) She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago.
(c) She wants to stay at home with her family, but feels a duty to leave.
(d) She is no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida Linero.

2. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?
(a) Placida Linero.
(b) Clotilde Armenta.
(c) Divina Flor.
(d) Victoria Guzman.

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:
(a) Happy, a man who had satisfaction, and flirtatious.
(b) Dreamy, distracted, and brooding.
(c) Enthusiastic, a man of great fortune, and impressive.
(d) Handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own.

4. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:
(a) A servant accidentally fired a gun in his childhood, causing great destruction.
(b) His mother always forced him to keep the bullets separate.
(c) He shot a gun as a child and caused great destruction.
(d) He sleeps with a gun beneath his pillow and does not want it to go off accidentally.

5. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?
(a) The town and the river.
(b) Santiago's grave.
(c) The almond trees.
(d) The jailhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:

2. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:

3. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

4. Margo insists that Santiago:

5. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?

(see the answer key)

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