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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Victoria Guzman calls Santiago Nasar "white man," because he is partly white, but this also might suggest:
(a) Her fear of him as different than herself.
(b) His prejudice against the townspeople.
(c) Her hatred of his wealth and priveledge.
(d) His innocence.

3. The author differentiates between his sisters by calling them:
(a) My favorite sister and My other sister.
(b) My sister Margot and My sister Ignacia.
(c) My sister Margot and My sister the nun.
(d) My sister the spinster and My sister the nun.

4. The fact that the bishop overlooks the town, the narrator's nun sister is too hung over to greet the boat, and Father Amador neglects to warn Santiago about the murder suggests:
(a) The church is a fun organization.
(b) The church does not always support the people as it should.
(c) The church does not care about its followers.
(d) The church is not influential over the people.

5. 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.

6. Why does Father Carmen Amador perform Santiago's autopsy?
(a) Santiago's mother does not trust the town doctor or Christo Bedoya, the medical student.
(b) The town's doctor is still drunk from the wedding festivities.
(c) Santiago's mother insists that only a priest may touch her son's body.
(d) The town's doctor is gone at present, and no one else was qualified and willing.

7. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:
(a) A warlike crane.
(b) An insomniac falcon.
(c) An insomniac leopard.
(d) A cat woman.

8. Pablo, the younger twin, finally has to convince his brother to kill Santiago, perhaps because:
(a) Pedro is resistant to any kind of authority.
(b) Pedro is cowardly since his return from the military.
(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.

9. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:
(a) Their anger at their sister's behavior.
(b) The smell of the drinking from the night before.
(c) The smell of Santiago Nasar's blood on their clothes and bodies.
(d) Their need for revenge.

10. Santiago's autopsy has to be performed in a hurry because:
(a) The heat is extreme and the body is decomposing.
(b) The townspeople want to desecrate the remains.
(c) The Nasars' dogs have begun to eat the body.
(d) Santiago's coffin is prepared and waiting for him.

11. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:
(a) Excessive drinking.
(b) Excessive eating.
(c) Barring her doors from the public.
(d) Having all-night parties.

12. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) A witch.

13. The Vicario twins' behavior suggests:
(a) They are both extremely ill.
(b) They feel an innate sense of guilt.
(c) They are completely without regret.
(d) They need psychiatric treatment.

14. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:
(a) She retired after their affair ended.
(b) She believes he will seek revenge if she does.
(c) She has never gotten over her love for him.
(d) She wants to show her respect for him.

15. The narrator's recounting of Colonel Lazaro Aponte's mundane morning details reveals:
(a) The Colonel believes Santiago Nasar should die.
(b) The Colonel has not been warned about the murder plot either.
(c) The Colonel is far too distracted by the bishop's visit to warn Santiago Nasar.
(d) The Colonel is more interested in his own concerns than in warning Santiago Nasar.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's dream about the voracious child, on the heels of his thought on Santiago's horrific death, might suggest:

2. The narrator last sees Santiago Nasar walking along the river with:

3. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:

4. Clearly the Vicario brothers:

5. Divina Flor's weeping as she fends off the dogs suggests:

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