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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?
(a) The bishop's steamboat whistle.
(b) The Vicario twins at the front door.
(c) The threats from Victoria Guzman.
(d) A warning from Luisa Santiaga.

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

3. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?
(a) Divina Flor.
(b) Clotilde Armenta.
(c) Victoria Guzman.
(d) Placida Linero.

4. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?
(a) She is powerful, and they must subdue her.
(b) She is defiant and childlike.
(c) She is likely to escape if not guarded.
(d) She is helpless and has no will of her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:

2. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:

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

4. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?

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

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