View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Santiago was dying:
(a) His appearance was as handsome and regal as ever.
(b) He took time to tell all his loved ones he cared about them.
(c) He refused medical help from anyone.
(d) He still harrassed a few women on the way home.

2. The narrator believes his mother should have known about the murder plot because:
(a) She predicted Santiago's life would end tragically.
(b) She was a practicing mystic.
(c) She always had news before anyone else in the house.
(d) She was close to Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

3. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.
(b) Is concealing another, greater shame.
(c) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(d) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.

4. Pablo, the younger twin, finally has to convince his brother to kill Santiago, perhaps because:
(a) Pedro has been to war and knows what it is to kill a man.
(b) Pedro has lost his sense of duty since returning from the military.
(c) Pedro is resistant to any kind of authority.
(d) Pedro is cowardly since his return from the military.

5. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:
(a) Poncio Vicario, the twins' father.
(b) Victoria Guzman, the cook.
(c) Leandro Pornoy, a police officer.
(d) Don Rogelio de la Flor, Clothilde Armenta's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. The twins were transferred to:

2. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:

3. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:

4. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

5. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

(see the answer key)

This section contains 417 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample