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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Join them at home for breakfast.
(b) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(c) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(d) Go home and rest.

2. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Carpenters.
(c) Priests.
(d) Butchers.

3. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Three slow knocks on the door.
(b) Drunkards singing outside.
(c) Devastation of the wedding party.
(d) Paleness of her daughter.

4. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?
(a) He had accidentally left his gun under his pillow.
(b) He was superstitious about carrying a gun in front of the bishop.
(c) He promised his mother he would not carry a gun.
(d) He was not wearing his ususal clothes with the gun on his belt.

5. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:
(a) Fearful and concerned.
(b) Contemptuous and resentful.
(c) Curious and excited.
(d) Bashful and withdrawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?

2. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?

3. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:

4. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?

5. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

(see the answer key)

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