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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Santiago Nasar's tendency to disguise the girls' identities might suggest that:
(a) He wants to confuse the girls so no one remembers him.
(b) He wants women to forget themselves or their inhibitions in bed.
(c) He tries to create confusion for others to disguise his own actions.
(d) He wants to make Maria Alejandrina Cervantes jealous.

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

3. Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in:
(a) Her milk shop.
(b) Her dress shop.
(c) Her tavern.
(d) Her home.

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

5. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:
(a) He claims his wedding will be the biggest the town has ever seen.
(b) He never plans to marry.
(c) He claims life will be too short to tell others about it.
(d) His wedding was a small, simple affair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

3. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes refuses to believe that the twins came to her place looking for Santiago because:

4. Margo insists that Santiago:

5. When the others in the meat market complain of hangovers or of missing the cake at the wedding, how do the twins reply?

(see the answer key)

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