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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another event that adds to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman is that:
(a) He is nowhere to be found on his wedding day.
(b) He is cold and aloof toward Angela.
(c) He is two hours late for his own wedding.
(d) He returns Angela to her home.

2. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:
(a) The town wanted a big wedding.
(b) The groom was extremely urgent about the wedding.
(c) The bride's family was afraid the groom would learn the truth.
(d) The groom was afraid the bride would change her mind.

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

4. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:
(a) He claims his wedding will be the biggest the town has ever seen.
(b) He never plans to marry.
(c) He claims life will be too short to tell others about it.
(d) His wedding was a small, simple affair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

2. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?

3. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?

4. People like San Roman because:

5. The narrator describes San Roman as:

(see the answer key)

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