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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:
(a) Don Rogelio de la Flor, Clothilde Armenta's husband.
(b) Victoria Guzman, the cook.
(c) Leandro Pornoy, a police officer.
(d) Poncio Vicario, the twins' father.

3. The twins were transferred to:
(a) The mayor's house.
(b) Santiago Nasar's house.
(c) The school auditorium.
(d) Their mother's house.

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

5. Colonel Lazaro Aponte:
(a) Talks to the twins and decides they are bluffing.
(b) Takes the twins' knives away.
(c) Is tired of breaking up fights, and lets the matter go.
(d) Forgets all about the murder plot.

6. In the midst of all of Santiago's innards the priest found:
(a) Multiple stab wounds, but none fatal.
(b) A gold medal he had swallowed at age four.
(c) Only one kidney.
(d) The liver damage that probably killed him.

7. Most of the concerns that keep people from acting on Santiago Nasar's behalf could be described as:
(a) Disrespectful.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Self-indulgent.
(d) Unnecessary.

8. Bayardo's statement, "Well, here I am," suggests:
(a) That he knows what Angela wants and has forgiven her.
(b) That he has come to confront her about her behavior.
(c) That he is now ready to hear her explanations.
(d) That he has been there all along.

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

10. 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 men can never be found at home when they are needed.
(c) That women are ruled by reason while men are ruled by passions.
(d) That women are always being deserted by men in pursuit of honor.

11. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:
(a) Gets gored by a bull before he can warn Santiago Nasar.
(b) Gets drunk with the twins because he does not believe they are serious.
(c) Goes to Colonel Aponte to reveal the murder plot.
(d) Takes away the twins knives and goes home.

12. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:
(a) Is concealing another, greater shame.
(b) Is meant to make the Vicario family feel guilty.
(c) Is meant to show the townspeople how humble they are.
(d) Is covering up their secret satisfaction over the failure of the marriage.

13. Angela Vicario decides to write Bayardo San Roman after:
(a) He writes her first.
(b) She finds out he still loves her.
(c) He refuses to speak to her in public.
(d) She sees him pass by many years later.

14. When the narrator warns Santiago that "A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain," he suggests:
(a) That a man who pursues a woman whose business is love, he is destined to be hurt.
(b) That women will only lead to tragedy in the end.
(c) That a woman who profits from his love will only hurt him.
(d) That women scorned will seek revenge.

15. The serenade that took place at the widower Xius's house was intended to:
(a) Make sure Bayardo had not drunk himself to death.
(b) Rouse the newlyweds so the party could continue at their house.
(c) Wake the newlyweds on their wedding night.
(d) Show Bayardo San Roman who wronged his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. The priest laments that a brilliant future was cut short for Santiago because:

2. The priest describes the autopsy as:

3. Prudencia Cotes, Pablo Vicario's fiancee, makes it clear that she:

4. A word that might describe how the twins feel in this situation is:

5. The author differentiates between his sisters by calling them:

(see the answer keys)

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