View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Character foil.
(c) Motif.
(d) Irony.

4. To intimidate Santiago Nasar on the morning of his murder, what does Victoria Guzman do?
(a) Violently guts rabbits in front of him.
(b) Threatens to tell Santiago's mother what he has been up to.
(c) Hires the Vicario twins to threaten him.
(d) Burns him with his coffee.

5. The white linen clothes Santiago wears on the day of his death make him look:
(a) Like he is wearing pajamas.
(b) Like he never went to bed.
(c) Like a bride.
(d) Like a ghost.

6. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?
(a) Victoria Guzman.
(b) Divina Flor.
(c) Placida Linero.
(d) Clotilde Armenta.

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

8. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":
(a) ...Disguised what he had come to town for.
(b) ...Served to conceal rather than reveal.
(c) ...Did not allow him to be known at first sight.
(d) ...Conveyed urgency.

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

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

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

12. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:
(a) Santiago's mother has warned Victoria about him.
(b) Santiago has attempted to seduce Victoria.
(c) Victoria herself was his father's mistress.
(d) Santiago has told her his intentions.

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

14. Pura Vicario knows bad news is coming because of what?
(a) Three slow knocks on the door.
(b) Paleness of her daughter.
(c) Drunkards singing outside.
(d) Devastation of the wedding party.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?

5. On the day of his death, why was Santiago was unarmed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 704 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample