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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes San Roman as:
(a) Confident and enthusiastic.
(b) Mysterious and evil.
(c) Jubilant and handsome.
(d) Tense and sad.

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

3. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:
(a) Happy, a man who had satisfaction, and flirtatious.
(b) Dreamy, distracted, and brooding.
(c) Handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own.
(d) Enthusiastic, a man of great fortune, and impressive.

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

5. Santiago's house is made out of a former:
(a) Parlor.
(b) Import store.
(c) Farmhouse.
(d) Warehouse.

6. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:
(a) Traditional and stoic.
(b) Vain and unpredictable.
(c) Wealthy and ostentatious.
(d) Greedy and scheming.

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

8. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:
(a) She is godmother to both Santiago and Angela.
(b) She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago.
(c) She wants to stay at home with her family, but feels a duty to leave.
(d) She is no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida Linero.

9. The twins did not try to convince Angela to marry Bayardo San Roman because:
(a) They said it looked to them like women problems.
(b) They felt it was a matter of her honor.
(c) They thought women should be allowed to make up their own minds.
(d) They were not convinced the wedding would take place.

10. Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in:
(a) Her milk shop.
(b) Her dress shop.
(c) Her tavern.
(d) Her home.

11. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?
(a) A negative outcome for his day.
(b) A need to move to another town.
(c) Good luck.
(d) A fear of birds.

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

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

14. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?
(a) He had accidentally left his gun under his pillow.
(b) He promised his mother he would not carry a gun.
(c) He was superstitious about carrying a gun in front of the bishop.
(d) He was not wearing his ususal clothes with the gun on his belt.

15. Santiago Nasar's main concern at the wedding was:
(a) Figuring out what the groom's real motives were.
(b) Figuring out how much money had been spent.
(c) Avoiding Anglea Vicario.
(d) Trying to stay out of the groom's sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:

2. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?

3. Santiago's mood as he leaves his home for the last time is described as:

4. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:

5. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?

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