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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. Who persuades the twins to wait until after the bishop's visit to kill Santiago?
(a) Victoria Guzman.
(b) Divina Flor.
(c) Clotilde Armenta.
(d) Placida Linero.

2. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.
(b) Pursue the church above all else.
(c) Ignore earthly pleasures.
(d) Enter arranged marriages.

3. What significant event happens for the narrator at the wedding?
(a) He proposes to Mercedes Barcha.
(b) He proposes to Bayardo's sister.
(c) He reveals Angela and Santiago's affair.
(d) He overhears the brothers' plot to kill Santiago.

4. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:
(a) The groom was afraid the bride would change her mind.
(b) The town wanted a big wedding.
(c) The groom was extremely urgent about the wedding.
(d) The bride's family was afraid the groom would learn the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the chapter, Santiago is compared to:

2. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?

3. Ironically, the Vicario brothers were engaged in what activity when they were called home?

4. Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in:

5. The Poncio twins lifting their sister by the waist and demanding an answer from her suggests what about her character?

Short Essay Questions

1. Angela's role in her family household suggests what about a typical woman in that town?

2. Describe Santiago Nasar.

3. What revelations does Angela Vicario express about herself?

4. Describe the difference between the opinions of Santiago Nasar's equals and those of the class below him.

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

6. What is suggested by the phrase, "My sister felt the angel pass by?"

7. What is significant about those who claim it was raining on the morning of the murder, and those who claim it was not?

8. What is significant about the fact that the bishop is visiting to bless the town on the day Santiago Nasar is to be murdered?

9. What is ironic about the chest of letters Flora Miguel returns to Santiago Nasar.

10. What does Bayardo San Roman's treatment of Pura Vicario suggest about his character?

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