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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.
(b) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(c) Is concealing another, greater shame.
(d) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.

3. Most of the concerns that keep people from acting on Santiago Nasar's behalf could be described as:
(a) Disrespectful.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Self-indulgent.

4. The twins attribute their health problems to:
(a) Attempted poisoning.
(b) The abysmal prison conditions.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt over their crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clothilde Armenta correctly assumes that:

2. At the end of the chapter, Santiago is compared to:

3. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:

4. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes refuses to believe that the twins came to her place looking for Santiago because:

5. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:

(see the answer key)

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