View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Bayardo has aged in many ways, Angela says she sees him:
(a) As she saw him the first time.
(b) Just the same as he was on their wedding day.
(c) With a greater love than ever before.
(d) As a happier man than she remembered.

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

3. Santiago Nasar's tendency to disguise the girls' identities might suggest that:
(a) He tries to create confusion for others to disguise his own actions.
(b) He wants women to forget themselves or their inhibitions in bed.
(c) He wants to make Maria Alejandrina Cervantes jealous.
(d) He wants to confuse the girls so no one remembers him.

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

5. The repeated foretelling of Santiago Nasar's death suggests:
(a) That it was fated or inevitable in such a town and culture.
(b) That Santiago knew he would die that day.
(c) That it was his punishment for a misspent life.
(d) That it was everyone's plan to murder him.

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

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

8. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:
(a) They will both be hanged.
(b) They are mentally unfit to stand trial.
(c) They acted honorably in defense of their sister.
(d) They will be punished in the afterlife.

9. The brothers' plan to murder Santiago is strangely contradicted at Clothilde Armenta's house by:
(a) Their disbelief in their sister's guilt.
(b) Their desire to shave and clean up.
(c) Their proclamations that they don't want to kill Santiago.
(d) Their inability to eat or drink anything.

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

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

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

13. Divina Flor's weeping as she fends off the dogs suggests:
(a) She is guilty and overcome by Santiago's death.
(b) She knows the dogs will attack her next.
(c) She is afraid the narrator will blame her for Santiago's death.
(d) She knows her mother is responsible for Santiago's death.

14. Luis Enrique is unable to tell his family what he saw at the milk shop because:
(a) He does not understand what he saw.
(b) He was too terrified to repeat it.
(c) He passed out when he got home.
(d) He thought they were all asleep.

15. 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 does not always support the people as it should.
(b) The church does not care about its followers.
(c) The church is not influential over the people.
(d) The church is a fun organization.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator does not believe Santiago had a guilty conscience that night because:

3. The twins attribute their health problems to:

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 797 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample