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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) Wealthy and ostentatious.
(b) Vain and unpredictable.
(c) Traditional and stoic.
(d) Greedy and scheming.

2. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?
(a) The bishop blessing the town.
(b) Roosters crowing.
(c) A fight between the Vicario brothers.
(d) The wind in the almond trees.

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

4. The narrator describes San Roman as:
(a) Confident and enthusiastic.
(b) Tense and sad.
(c) Jubilant and handsome.
(d) Mysterious and evil.

5. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Fatal coincidences.
(b) Fatal mistakes.
(c) Painful anomalies.
(d) Painful ironies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:

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

3. People like San Roman because:

4. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:

5. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

(see the answer key)

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