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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?
(a) The wind in the almond trees.
(b) A fight between the Vicario brothers.
(c) The bishop blessing the town.
(d) Roosters crowing.

2. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Painful anomalies.
(b) Painful ironies.
(c) Fatal coincidences.
(d) Fatal mistakes.

3. The twins' actions seem to result from:
(a) A sense of duty, but not a sense of pride.
(b) A sense of compassion, but not a sense of duty.
(c) A senes of bloodthirstiness, but not a sense of pride.
(d) A sense of honor, but not bloodthirstiness.

4. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:
(a) Funereal.
(b) Holy.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Supernatural.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clearly the Vicario brothers:

2. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:

3. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?

4. Bayardo San Roman returns his bride to her parents because:

5. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:

(see the answer key)

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