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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:
(a) He opposes his daughter's marriage.
(b) He is unprepared and powerless in these events.
(c) He is losing his mind.
(d) He refuses to see Angela as a grown woman.

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

3. What might Santiago's dreams of trees symbolize?
(a) The dreams seem to indicate a new love for Santiago.
(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 delight over a secret.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. At the end of the chapter, Santiago is compared to:
(a) A well-aimed dart.
(b) A butterfly with no will of its own.
(c) A name among the shadows.
(d) A dead man.

10. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?
(a) She now has the face of a married woman.
(b) She is extremely frightened.
(c) She now has the look of a trapped animal.
(d) She looks offended by the excess.

11. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:
(a) He left through the front door, which was reserved for special occasions.
(b) He left so early in the morning.
(c) He left through the front door, which was forbidden by his mother.
(d) He left in his pajamas.

12. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:
(a) She has no power of her own.
(b) She has conflicting duties as disciplinarian and protector of the family.
(c) She doesn't want anyone else in the family to learn about Angela.
(d) She is so angry she has no words for Angela.

13. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:
(a) Curious and excited.
(b) Bashful and withdrawn.
(c) Contemptuous and resentful.
(d) Fearful and concerned.

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

15. Poncio and Pedro Vicario are:
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Carpenters.
(c) Butchers.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Divina Flor claims she did not warn Santiago about the murder plot against him because:

2. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:

3. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:

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

5. The narrator has a hard time believing Santiago was Angela's seducer because:

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