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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator does not believe Santiago had a guilty conscience that night because:
(a) He challenged anyone who did not believe him to a fight.
(b) His manner was carefree and celbratory.
(c) He continued to court Angela Vicario.
(d) He refused to go to the widower Xius's house.

2. The narrator's dream about the voracious child, on the heels of his thought on Santiago's horrific death, might suggest:
(a) The narrator feels Santiago deserved his death.
(b) The demands of the community were extreme and had consequences.
(c) Maria Alejandrina's eating had awoken him.
(d) The appetites of the town's women led to disaster.

3. The Nasar's house was crowded because:
(a) People had come to get in out of the heat.
(b) People had come to view the body.
(c) People had come to help perform the autopsy.
(d) People had come to pay their respects to Placida Linero.

4. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:
(a) A boldness unbecoming to a lady.
(b) A desperation men found stifling.
(c) A poverty of morals and a reckless nature.
(d) A weakness of spirit and an air of helplessness.

5. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:
(a) Their anger at their sister's behavior.
(b) The smell of the drinking from the night before.
(c) Their need for revenge.
(d) The smell of Santiago Nasar's blood on their clothes and bodies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The juxtaposition of Santiago's massacred body and his elaborate coffin suggests:

3. The Vicario family:

4. Margo insists that Santiago:

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

(see the answer key)

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