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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The engagement between Flora Miguel and Santiago Nasar is without "formal visits and restless hearts" because:
(a) Their engagement is only a matter of convenience.
(b) They are not permitted to visit with one another.
(c) Santiago is secretly in love with Angela Vicario.
(d) They resent the attachment to one another.

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

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

4. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:
(a) Holy.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Funereal.
(d) Mournful.

5. The Colonel treats the twins like:
(a) Naughty children.
(b) Worthy adversaries.
(c) Hostile enemies.
(d) Worthless drunks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?

3. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?

4. When Christo Bedoya sees Placida Linero awake, the "spell" of her beauty is broken, which implies:

5. The twins had to carry out the murder plot because they felt:

(see the answer key)

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