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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pablo Vicario goes on to:
(a) Become a metalsmith and marries his fiance.
(b) Marry his fiance and dies shortly thereafter.
(c) Become a metalsmith and dies in his fathers shop.
(d) Enlist in the army and disappears in the jungle.

2. Prudencia Cotes, Pablo Vicario's fiancee, makes it clear that she:
(a) Believes Angela Vicario is completely innocent.
(b) Believes the men acted necessarily in defense of honor.
(c) Expects Pablo Vicario to wait for her.
(d) Will not wait for Pablo Vicario if he commits this crime.

3. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?
(a) He was superstitious about carrying a gun in front of the bishop.
(b) He had accidentally left his gun under his pillow.
(c) He promised his mother he would not carry a gun.
(d) He was not wearing his ususal clothes with the gun on his belt.

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

5. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?
(a) She gives him the warning someone slipped beneath the door.
(b) She warns Placida Linero of the murder plot.
(c) She leaves the front door unlocked.
(d) She asks her mother to help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Vicario family:

2. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:

3. Luis Enrique is unable to tell his family what he saw at the milk shop because:

4. The townspeople refer to Bayardo San Roman as "poor Bayardo" because:

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

(see the answer key)

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