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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?
(a) He overhears the brothers' plot to kill Santiago.
(b) He proposes to Mercedes Barcha.
(c) He reveals Angela and Santiago's affair.
(d) He proposes to Bayardo's sister.

2. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Pursue the church above all else.
(b) Enter arranged marriages.
(c) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(d) Ignore earthly pleasures.

3. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:
(a) She was close to Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(b) She always had news before anyone else in the house.
(c) She was a practicing mystic.
(d) She predicted Santiago's life would end tragically.

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

5. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:
(a) They have been raised to serve men.
(b) They are not confident enough to pursue their own goals.
(c) They have been raised to suffer.
(d) They are not interested in their individuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luisa Santiaga learn on her way to warn Placida Linero about the murder plot?

2. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:

3. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?

4. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:

5. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:

(see the answer key)

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