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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ironically, the priest had to use what implements to perform the autopsy?
(a) Kitchen utensils.
(b) Silverware.
(c) Craftsmen's tools.
(d) Garden tools.

2. Divina Flor's weeping as she fends off the dogs suggests:
(a) She is afraid the narrator will blame her for Santiago's death.
(b) She is guilty and overcome by Santiago's death.
(c) She knows her mother is responsible for Santiago's death.
(d) She knows the dogs will attack her next.

3. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:
(a) A sweatshop.
(b) A boarding house.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A restaurant.

4. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:
(a) The priest's belief in Santiago's innocence.
(b) The priest's fear that the autopsy was a sin.
(c) Santiago's innocence.
(d) Santiago's religious beliefs.

5. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?
(a) Carmen Amador and Cotilde Armenta.
(b) Poncio and Pedro Vicario.
(c) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(d) Margot and Christo Bedoya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:

2. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?

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

4. Ironically, the matriarch of the Arab community was responsible for:

5. Angela Vicario decides to write Bayardo San Roman after:

(see the answer key)

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