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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Painful ironies.
(b) Fatal mistakes.
(c) Painful anomalies.
(d) Fatal coincidences.

2. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
(a) The bishop knows of the murder plot.
(b) The town was not in need of help.
(c) The bishop, and therefore God, has neglected the town.
(d) No one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants.

3. To intimidate Santiago Nasar on the morning of his murder, what does Victoria Guzman do?
(a) Burns him with his coffee.
(b) Violently guts rabbits in front of him.
(c) Threatens to tell Santiago's mother what he has been up to.
(d) Hires the Vicario twins to threaten him.

4. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?
(a) She leaves the front door unlocked.
(b) She warns Placida Linero of the murder plot.
(c) She asks her mother to help him.
(d) She gives him the warning someone slipped beneath the door.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The white linen clothes Santiago wears on the day of his death make him look:

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

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:

4. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:

5. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

(see the answer key)

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