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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:
(a) Traditional and stoic.
(b) Greedy and scheming.
(c) Vain and unpredictable.
(d) Wealthy and ostentatious.

2. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:
(a) A desire to hide unhappiness in material things.
(b) A need for the family to impress others.
(c) A disregard for others' safety.
(d) A desperate attempt to hide Angela's unhappiness.

3. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?
(a) Poncio and Pedro Vicario.
(b) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(c) Margot and Christo Bedoya.
(d) Carmen Amador and Cotilde Armenta.

4. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?
(a) This morning's dream foretold an illness for Santiago.
(b) Santiago is allergic to birds.
(c) Santiago has a headache on this particular morning.
(d) This morning's dream foretells Santiago's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?

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

5. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:

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