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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
(a) He thinks starch is for girls.
(b) It makes his clothes look dirty.
(c) He doesn't want to look stiff.
(d) His skin is too sensitive for it.

3. Bayardo San Roman is described as:
(a) Around twenty-one, with his own fortune, and a good name.
(b) Around thirty years old, with tan skin and golden eyes.
(c) Around twenty-five, with one failed marriage, and snobby parents.
(d) Around forty, with silver hair and pale skin.

4. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:
(a) He is having some revenge on the family.
(b) He is tormented by her inability to love him.
(c) Rather than wanting her to be happy, Bayardo tries to keep her miserable.
(d) Rather than making her happy, the marriage makes her miserable.

5. Angela's appearance when she arrives at home suggests:
(a) She physically fought with Bayardo San Roman, or he beat her.
(b) She behaved badly and was punished.
(c) She refused to leave the wedding party.
(d) She tried to escape him and he caught her.

6. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?
(a) Margot and Christo Bedoya.
(b) Carmen Amador and Cotilde Armenta.
(c) Poncio and Pedro Vicario.
(d) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

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

8. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:
(a) Relief.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

9. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?
(a) Santiago is allergic to birds.
(b) This morning's dream foretells Santiago's death.
(c) Santiago has a headache on this particular morning.
(d) This morning's dream foretold an illness for Santiago.

10. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:
(a) The roosters crowing at the dock.
(b) The bishop's arrival.
(c) Santiago's murder.
(d) The wedding party starting up again.

11. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
(a) The bishop knows of the murder plot.
(b) The bishop, and therefore God, has neglected the town.
(c) The town was not in need of help.
(d) No one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants.

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

13. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Enter arranged marriages.
(b) Pursue the church above all else.
(c) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(d) Ignore earthly pleasures.

14. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:
(a) They are not confident enough to pursue their own goals.
(b) They have been raised to serve men.
(c) They have been raised to suffer.
(d) They are not interested in their individuality.

15. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:
(a) It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up.
(b) He can not get enough money for his possessions.
(c) He does not respect Bayardo San Roman.
(d) It all has sentimental value for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayardo San Roman returns his bride to her parents because:

2. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:

3. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

4. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?

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

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