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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:
(a) He is afraid of the Vicario twins' revenge if he should warn Santiago.
(b) He does not really believe any harm will come to Santiago.
(c) He is late for the bishop's visit and decides against visiting Santiago's house.
(d) He is distracted by the bishop's visit and forgets.

2. Pablo Vicario goes on to:
(a) Enlist in the army and disappears in the jungle.
(b) Become a metalsmith and marries his fiance.
(c) Become a metalsmith and dies in his fathers shop.
(d) Marry his fiance and dies shortly thereafter.

3. 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 women will only lead to tragedy in the end.
(b) That a woman who profits from his love will only hurt him.
(c) That women scorned will seek revenge.
(d) That a man who pursues a woman whose business is love, he is destined to be hurt.

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

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

6. The purple blotch that appears on Santiago's face is described as:
(a) A birthmark.
(b) The shadow of a cloud on water.
(c) A mark of sin.
(d) The shadow of a guilty conscience.

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. The Arab community in the novel is described as:
(a) Hard-working, clannish, and peaceful.
(b) Lazy, clannish, and peaceful.
(c) Hard-working, vengeful, and divisive.
(d) Lazy, stubborn, and combustive.

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 witch.
(d) A veterinarian.

13. The townspeople refer to Bayardo San Roman as "poor Bayardo" because:
(a) He never marries again.
(b) They believe he is the only true victim.
(c) He remains in the widower Xius house, never to be seen again.
(d) He was not really wealthy after all.

14. Christo Bedoya declines to conduct the autopsy because:
(a) He hasn't taken the medical exam yet.
(b) He feels guilty for murdering Santiago.
(c) He was such close friends with Santiago.
(d) He is still angry at Santiago's behavior.

15. Pura Vicario dresses her daughter in red and wraps her face in a cloth, which suggests:
(a) Pura Vicario has plans to abandon her daughter in the streets.
(b) Pura Vicario is in mourning.
(c) Mourning has no place in the Vicario family.
(d) Appearances are important in the Vicario family.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mayor's asks the priest to perform the autopsy instead of a medically trained person because:

2. Bayardo's suitcase full of unopened letters suggests:

3. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:

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

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:

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