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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:
(a) Butchers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Carpenters.
(d) Priests.

3. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:
(a) He is having some revenge on the family.
(b) Rather than making her happy, the marriage makes her miserable.
(c) He is tormented by her inability to love him.
(d) Rather than wanting her to be happy, Bayardo tries to keep her miserable.

4. The narrator has a hard time believing Santiago was Angela's seducer because:
(a) He thinks Santiago was in love with someone else.
(b) He knows there was a feud between the Nasars and the Vicarios.
(c) Santiago has a strict religious upbringing.
(d) He was best friends with Santiago and knew all his secrets.

5. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:
(a) He is unprepared and powerless in these events.
(b) He opposes his daughter's marriage.
(c) He is losing his mind.
(d) He refuses to see Angela as a grown woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:

2. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:

3. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?

5. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?

(see the answer key)

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