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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:
(a) They are not confident enough to pursue their own goals.
(b) They have been raised to serve men.
(c) They have been raised to suffer.
(d) They are not interested in their individuality.

3. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:
(a) Dies in the street.
(b) Wakes up in the morning.
(c) Walks home from the wedding.
(d) Says goodbye to his mother for the last time.

4. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?
(a) She gives him the warning someone slipped beneath the door.
(b) She leaves the front door unlocked.
(c) She warns Placida Linero of the murder plot.
(d) She asks her mother to help him.

5. 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 no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida Linero.
(d) She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:

2. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:

3. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?

4. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:

5. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:

(see the answer key)

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