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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:
(a) Juan and Poncio Vicario.
(b) Santiaga and Clotilde Armenta.
(c) Victoria and Divina Guzman.
(d) Pedro and Pablo Vicario.

2. Bayardo's gift of the music box causes her parents concern about the nature of their daughter's relationship, which is an example of:
(a) Irony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Character foil.
(d) Motif.

3. Bayardo San Roman is described as:
(a) Around twenty-one, with his own fortune, and a good name.
(b) Around twenty-five, with one failed marriage, and snobby parents.
(c) Around thirty years old, with tan skin and golden eyes.
(d) Around forty, with silver hair and pale skin.

4. The narrator's sister Margot describes Santiago as:
(a) Happy, a man who had satisfaction, and flirtatious.
(b) Dreamy, distracted, and brooding.
(c) Enthusiastic, a man of great fortune, and impressive.
(d) Handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own.

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:
(a) A brothel.
(b) A boarding house.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A sweatshop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Santiago's mood as he leaves his home for the last time is described as:

2. Santiago's house is made out of a former:

3. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?

4. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:

5. Despite her fear of Santiago, what does Divina Flor do that might help him the morning of his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Santiago's regal bearing and wiping the dirt off of his clothes in his final moments suggest?

2. What elements of his character lend to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman?

3. Most of the characters affected negatively by Santiago Nasar's death were whom?

4. What do the conflicting descriptions of Bayardo San Roman suggest?

5. Why does Christo Bedoya fail to warn Santiago about the murder?

6. Why do we learn about Bayardo San Roman from the narrator's mother?

7. The stab in Santiago's right hand suggests the stigmata of Christ to the priest. In what ways does Santiago serve as a Christ figure?

8. What does the magistrate's note, "fatality makes us invisible," imply?

9. What is suggested by the recurring crowing of roosters, and the bishop's love of cocks' comb soup?

10. What purpose do the dreams in the chapter serve?

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