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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:
(a) What makes others happy.
(b) What money can buy him.
(c) What others have.
(d) What cannot be purchased with money.

3. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:
(a) She wastes the meat instead of cooking it.
(b) He does not believe in killing defenseless animals.
(c) She guts them savagely and feeds the guts to the dogs.
(d) He believes they are as precious as human beings.

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

5. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:
(a) Juan and Poncio Vicario.
(b) Victoria and Divina Guzman.
(c) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(d) Santiaga and Clotilde Armenta.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:

2. The serenade that took place at the widower Xius's house was intended to:

3. The priest describes the autopsy as:

4. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

5. Colonel Lazaro Aponte:

(see the answer key)

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