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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clothilde Armenta correctly assumes that:
(a) The twins have more knives hidden away to kill Santiago.
(b) Colonel Aponte has only made the twins more resourceful by his actions.
(c) Santiago Nasar is already aware of the twins' plot.
(d) The twins do not really want to kill Santiago, but are duty-bound.

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes refuses to believe that the twins came to her place looking for Santiago because:
(a) She did not allow the twins entrance to her place.
(b) She claims they were not allowed to visit her establishment.
(c) She claims they never would have left.
(d) She does not remember the events of that evening clearly.

3. Pablo, the younger twin, finally has to convince his brother to kill Santiago, perhaps because:
(a) Pedro is cowardly since his return from the military.
(b) Pedro is resistant to any kind of authority.
(c) Pedro has been to war and knows what it is to kill a man.
(d) Pedro has lost his sense of duty since returning from the military.

4. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:
(a) The fate that Santiago deserves.
(b) The savage attitudes of the townspeople toward honor and revenge.
(c) Santiago's consumption of women.
(d) The spilling of Santiago and Angela's secret.

5. Santiago Nasar insists on returning home for an hour so that:
(a) He can reassure his mother of his safety.
(b) He can sleep for an hour before the bishop arrived.
(c) He can avoid the Vicario twins.
(d) He can have coffee with Victoria Guzman.

6. The Colonel treats the twins like:
(a) Hostile enemies.
(b) Worthless drunks.
(c) Worthy adversaries.
(d) Naughty children.

7. Angela is frightened that:
(a) Bayardo has come to force her to confess.
(b) Bayardo will still be angry after seventeen years.
(c) Bayardo may not feel enough love for her to forgive her aging.
(d) Her mother will come and frighten him away.

8. The priest describes the autopsy as:
(a) Being the work of that barbarian the mayor.
(b) Being the work of savage dogs.
(c) Having scarred him for life.
(d) Having killed Santiago all over again.

9. Pedro Vicario's guilt manifests itself in what way?
(a) He was awake for eleven months after the murder.
(b) He refuses to eat for eleven months after the murder.
(c) He refuses to marry his fiance.
(d) He cannot control his bladder.

10. Poncio Vicario's death is attributed to his "moral pain," which suggests:
(a) He regrets not killing Santiago Nasar himself.
(b) He regrets his sons' prison sentences.
(c) He knows the murder of Santiago Nasar was not right.
(d) He suffered a painful illness due to his blindness.

11. The twins attribute their health problems to:
(a) Fear.
(b) Attempted poisoning.
(c) The abysmal prison conditions.
(d) Guilt over their crime.

12. Santiago Nasar's pure white linen suit suggests:
(a) Burial wrappings.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Womanliness.
(d) Wealth.

13. When Clothilde Armenta says "That day I realized just how alone we women are in the world," she implies:
(a) That women are often responsible for restoring order by calming the passions of men.
(b) That women are ruled by reason while men are ruled by passions.
(c) That men can never be found at home when they are needed.
(d) That women are always being deserted by men in pursuit of honor.

14. The juxtaposition of Santiago's massacred body and his elaborate coffin suggests:
(a) The hypocrisy of values among the townspeople.
(b) The arrogance of the priest and doctor.
(c) The superstition of the townspeople.
(d) The futility of preserving youth.

15. Because Angela's unanswered letters make her feel like she is writing to no one:
(a) She writes down all her secrets, including her love for Santiago.
(b) She risks her reputation in sending them anyway.
(c) She stops writing them.
(d) She is able to be honest and discovers all her feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayardo's statement, "Well, here I am," suggests:

2. Most of the concerns that keep people from acting on Santiago Nasar's behalf could be described as:

3. The narrator's recounting of Colonel Lazaro Aponte's mundane morning details reveals:

4. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:

5. The twins were transferred to:

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