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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?
(a) The narrator and his friends argue.
(b) The narrator's father plays violin, and his sister, the nun, dances.
(c) The narrator's mother does not forsee Santiago's murder.
(d) The bishop's boat comes through town.

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

6. 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 cannot be purchased with money.
(c) What makes others happy.
(d) What others have.

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

8. The narrator has a hard time believing Santiago was Angela's seducer because:
(a) He thinks Santiago was in love with someone else.
(b) Santiago has a strict religious upbringing.
(c) He was best friends with Santiago and knew all his secrets.
(d) He knows there was a feud between the Nasars and the Vicarios.

9. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:
(a) She wastes the meat instead of cooking it.
(b) He believes they are as precious as human beings.
(c) He does not believe in killing defenseless animals.
(d) She guts them savagely and feeds the guts to the dogs.

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

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

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

13. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:
(a) A desire to hide in the dark.
(b) A desire to deceive others.
(c) A refusal to face situations without help.
(d) An unwillingness to see or acknowledge the truth.

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

15. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:
(a) He claims life will be too short to tell others about it.
(b) He never plans to marry.
(c) He claims his wedding will be the biggest the town has ever seen.
(d) His wedding was a small, simple affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayardo San Roman's family could be described as:

2. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:

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

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

5. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

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