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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?
(a) He hates the town.
(b) He has other towns to visit.
(c) He knows about the murder plot.
(d) He is afraid of the Vicario brothers.

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

4. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:
(a) He left in his pajamas.
(b) He left through the front door, which was forbidden by his mother.
(c) He left so early in the morning.
(d) He left through the front door, which was reserved for special occasions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?

2. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?

3. Margo insists that Santiago:

4. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

5. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

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