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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:
(a) They have been raised to suffer.
(b) They are not confident enough to pursue their own goals.
(c) They have been raised to serve men.
(d) They are not interested in their individuality.

2. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(b) Ignore earthly pleasures.
(c) Enter arranged marriages.
(d) Pursue the church above all else.

3. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?
(a) A veterinarian.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A witch.
(d) A teacher.

4. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:
(a) Relief.
(b) Fear.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Anger.

5. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?
(a) This morning's dream foretells Santiago's death.
(b) This morning's dream foretold an illness for Santiago.
(c) Santiago has a headache on this particular morning.
(d) Santiago is allergic to birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. A word that might describe how the twins feel in this situation is:

2. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:

3. Santiago's house is made out of a former:

4. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:

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

(see the answer key)

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