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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People like San Roman because:
(a) Has access to endless resources.
(b) He is honest and has a good heart.
(c) He is capable and religious.
(d) He is swimming in gold.

2. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Devastation of the wedding party.
(b) Paleness of her daughter.
(c) Three slow knocks on the door.
(d) Drunkards singing outside.

3. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:
(a) She is godmother to both Santiago and Angela.
(b) She wants to stay at home with her family, but feels a duty to leave.
(c) She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago.
(d) She is no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida Linero.

4. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:
(a) The bishop's arrival.
(b) The roosters crowing at the dock.
(c) Santiago's murder.
(d) The wedding party starting up again.

5. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":
(a) ...Did not allow him to be known at first sight.
(b) ...Served to conceal rather than reveal.
(c) ...Conveyed urgency.
(d) ...Disguised what he had come to town for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:

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

3. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:

4. Santiago Nasar's main concern at the wedding was:

5. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?

(see the answer key)

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