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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:
(a) He is distracted by the bishop's visit and forgets.
(b) He does not really believe any harm will come to Santiago.
(c) He is afraid of the Vicario twins' revenge if he should warn Santiago.
(d) He is late for the bishop's visit and decides against visiting Santiago's house.

2. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:
(a) An insomniac falcon.
(b) A warlike crane.
(c) An insomniac leopard.
(d) A cat woman.

3. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Devastation of the wedding party.
(b) Three slow knocks on the door.
(c) Paleness of her daughter.
(d) Drunkards singing outside.

4. Colonel Lazaro Aponte:
(a) Talks to the twins and decides they are bluffing.
(b) Forgets all about the murder plot.
(c) Is tired of breaking up fights, and lets the matter go.
(d) Takes the twins' knives away.

5. The twins were transferred to:
(a) The mayor's house.
(b) Santiago Nasar's house.
(c) Their mother's house.
(d) The school auditorium.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mayor's asks the priest to perform the autopsy instead of a medically trained person because:

2. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?

3. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

4. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:

5. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:

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