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

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

3. A word that might describe how the twins feel in this situation is:
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Trapped.
(d) Elated.

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

6. The narrator does not believe Santiago had a guilty conscience that night because:
(a) He refused to go to the widower Xius's house.
(b) His manner was carefree and celbratory.
(c) He challenged anyone who did not believe him to a fight.
(d) He continued to court Angela Vicario.

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

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

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

10. The Nasar's house was crowded because:
(a) People had come to get in out of the heat.
(b) People had come to view the body.
(c) People had come to pay their respects to Placida Linero.
(d) People had come to help perform the autopsy.

11. 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) Her hatred of his wealth and priveledge.
(c) His innocence.
(d) His prejudice against the townspeople.

12. The mayor's asks the priest to perform the autopsy instead of a medically trained person because:
(a) He feels guilty for having failed to warn Santiago.
(b) He is too inexperienced to know how to perform the autopsy himself.
(c) He is trying to get his revenge on Santiago's family.
(d) He is too proud to admit he does not know how to proceed with the examination.

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

14. 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.

15. The twins' actions seem to result from:
(a) A sense of honor, but not bloodthirstiness.
(b) A senes of bloodthirstiness, but not a sense of pride.
(c) A sense of compassion, but not a sense of duty.
(d) A sense of duty, but not a sense of pride.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Santiago's autopsy has to be performed in a hurry because:

4. Poncio Vicario's death is attributed to his "moral pain," which suggests:

5. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:

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