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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?
(a) He proposes to Bayardo's sister.
(b) He overhears the brothers' plot to kill Santiago.
(c) He reveals Angela and Santiago's affair.
(d) He proposes to Mercedes Barcha.

3. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:
(a) He does not really believe any harm will come to Santiago.
(b) He is late for the bishop's visit and decides against visiting Santiago's house.
(c) He is distracted by the bishop's visit and forgets.
(d) He is afraid of the Vicario twins' revenge if he should warn Santiago.

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
(a) It makes his clothes look dirty.
(b) His skin is too sensitive for it.
(c) He doesn't want to look stiff.
(d) He thinks starch is for girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The twins' actions seem to result from:

2. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?

3. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:

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

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:

(see the answer key)

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