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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?
(a) She is powerful, and they must subdue her.
(b) She is likely to escape if not guarded.
(c) She is defiant and childlike.
(d) She is helpless and has no will of her own.

2. Placida Linero was able to forgive herself for locking Santiago out of the house because:
(a) He had sworn he would not go out that day.
(b) She was eager to get on with her life.
(c) Divina Flor had sworn he was safely inside the house.
(d) It had come to her in a dream.

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

4. Nahir Miguel treats Santiago Nasar:
(a) As an unwelcome guest.
(b) With fear.
(c) With disdain.
(d) As a son.

5. Santiago's reaction to the news that the twins wanted to murder him implies
(a) He relished the idea of a fight.
(b) He had no idea what was going on, and was therefore innocent.
(c) He was terrified that his secret had been revealed.
(d) He was overly proud and arrogant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Colonel treats the twins like:

2. Because Angela's unanswered letters make her feel like she is writing to no one:

3. Indalecio Pardo fails to warn Santiago about the plot, though the twins have challened Indalecio outright, because:

4. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?

5. The narrator's dream about the voracious child, on the heels of his thought on Santiago's horrific death, might suggest:

(see the answer key)

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