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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another event that adds to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman is that:
(a) He is nowhere to be found on his wedding day.
(b) He is two hours late for his own wedding.
(c) He is cold and aloof toward Angela.
(d) He returns Angela to her home.

2. To intimidate Santiago Nasar on the morning of his murder, what does Victoria Guzman do?
(a) Threatens to tell Santiago's mother what he has been up to.
(b) Violently guts rabbits in front of him.
(c) Burns him with his coffee.
(d) Hires the Vicario twins to threaten him.

3. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:
(a) They will both be hanged.
(b) They acted honorably in defense of their sister.
(c) They will be punished in the afterlife.
(d) They are mentally unfit to stand trial.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

2. Clearly the Vicario brothers:

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

4. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:

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

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