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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 others have.
(c) What cannot be purchased with money.
(d) What money can buy him.

2. Bayardo's suitcase full of unopened letters suggests:
(a) That he wants to pretend nothing has happened since the day they were married.
(b) That he is unwilling to forgive Angela no matter what she says.
(c) That he does not need to hear Angela's excuses; he has made mistakes as well.
(d) That he is returning the letters because he does not want them.

3. The twins' actions seem to result from:
(a) A sense of honor, but not bloodthirstiness.
(b) A sense of duty, but not a sense of pride.
(c) A senes of bloodthirstiness, but not a sense of pride.
(d) A sense of compassion, but not a sense of duty.

4. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":
(a) ...Served to conceal rather than reveal.
(b) ...Disguised what he had come to town for.
(c) ...Did not allow him to be known at first sight.
(d) ...Conveyed urgency.

5. Santiago's mood as he leaves his home for the last time is described as:
(a) Sick, angry, and mournful.
(b) Tired, disinterested, and bored.
(c) Jubilant, energetic, and eager.
(d) Merry, peaceful, and openhearted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prudencia Cotes, Pablo Vicario's fiancee, makes it clear that she:

2. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?

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

4. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?

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

(see the answer key)

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