View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Lazaro Aponte:
(a) Forgets all about the murder plot.
(b) Is tired of breaking up fights, and lets the matter go.
(c) Takes the twins' knives away.
(d) Talks to the twins and decides they are bluffing.

2. The fact that Christo Bedoya can not tell the twins apart implies:
(a) He was not paying attention.
(b) They are so much alike that they can not have individual thoughts.
(c) Their individual identity is not as important as the crime they commit.
(d) They are a product of a racist culture.

3. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Fatal mistakes.
(b) Painful anomalies.
(c) Painful ironies.
(d) Fatal coincidences.

4. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:
(a) Juan and Poncio Vicario.
(b) Victoria and Divina Guzman.
(c) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(d) Santiaga and Clotilde Armenta.

5. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:
(a) Victoria herself was his father's mistress.
(b) Santiago's mother has warned Victoria about him.
(c) Santiago has attempted to seduce Victoria.
(d) Santiago has told her his intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:

3. What does Luisa Santiaga learn on her way to warn Placida Linero about the murder plot?

4. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

5. When he appears at her house, Flora Miguel gives Santiago:

(see the answer key)

This section contains 345 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample