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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People like San Roman because:
(a) He is honest and has a good heart.
(b) Has access to endless resources.
(c) He is capable and religious.
(d) He is swimming in gold.

2. 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 were not convinced the wedding would take place.
(d) They thought women should be allowed to make up their own minds.

3. What might Santiago's dreams of trees symbolize?
(a) The dreams seem to indicate delight over a secret.
(b) The dreams seem to indicate a fear of heights.
(c) The dreams seem to indicate feelings of guilt and inadequacy.
(d) The dreams seem to indicate a new love for Santiago.

4. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?
(a) A warning from Luisa Santiaga.
(b) The Vicario twins at the front door.
(c) The threats from Victoria Guzman.
(d) The bishop's steamboat whistle.

5. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Go home and rest.
(b) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(c) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(d) Join them at home for breakfast.

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

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

8. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?
(a) He proposes to Mercedes Barcha.
(b) He reveals Angela and Santiago's affair.
(c) He proposes to Bayardo's sister.
(d) He overhears the brothers' plot to kill Santiago.

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

10. The excesses surrounding the wedding suggest:
(a) A need for the family to impress others.
(b) A desperate attempt to hide Angela's unhappiness.
(c) A disregard for others' safety.
(d) A desire to hide unhappiness in material things.

11. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:
(a) What money can buy him.
(b) What others have.
(c) What makes others happy.
(d) What cannot be purchased with money.

12. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:
(a) The groom was extremely urgent about the wedding.
(b) The groom was afraid the bride would change her mind.
(c) The town wanted a big wedding.
(d) The bride's family was afraid the groom would learn the truth.

13. 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.

14. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?
(a) They were singing sad songs at the wedding.
(b) They were at a brothel with Santiago Nasar.
(c) They were sharpening their butchering knives.
(d) They were drinking at Clotilde Armenta's

15. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?
(a) The town and the river.
(b) The jailhouse.
(c) The almond trees.
(d) Santiago's grave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?

3. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:

4. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:

5. Luisa Santiaga is torn in her loyalties because:

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