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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 has a hard time believing Santiago was Angela's seducer because:
(a) Santiago has a strict religious upbringing.
(b) He was best friends with Santiago and knew all his secrets.
(c) He thinks Santiago was in love with someone else.
(d) He knows there was a feud between the Nasars and the Vicarios.

2. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?
(a) He knows about the murder plot.
(b) He is afraid of the Vicario brothers.
(c) He has other towns to visit.
(d) He hates the town.

3. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:
(a) Character foil.
(b) Motif.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Irony.

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

5. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:
(a) That women are ruled by reason while men are ruled by passions.
(b) That women are often responsible for restoring order by calming the passions of men.
(c) That women are always being deserted by men in pursuit of honor.
(d) That men can never be found at home when they are needed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of the concerns that keep people from acting on Santiago Nasar's behalf could be described as:

2. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:

3. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

4. The purple blotch that appears on Santiago's face is described as:

5. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:

(see the answer key)

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