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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. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?
(a) A warning from Luisa Santiaga.
(b) The threats from Victoria Guzman.
(c) The bishop's steamboat whistle.
(d) The Vicario twins at the front door.

2. The story begins as Santiago Nasar:
(a) Dies in the street.
(b) Says goodbye to his mother for the last time.
(c) Walks home from the wedding.
(d) Wakes up in the morning.

3. Luisa Santiaga assumes that the noise in the streets is caused by:
(a) The roosters crowing at the dock.
(b) Santiago's murder.
(c) The wedding party starting up again.
(d) The bishop's arrival.

4. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:
(a) Mournful.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Holy.
(d) Funereal.

5. Santiago Nasar's main concern at the wedding was:
(a) Avoiding Anglea Vicario.
(b) Figuring out what the groom's real motives were.
(c) Figuring out how much money had been spent.
(d) Trying to stay out of the groom's sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. To intimidate Santiago Nasar on the morning of his murder, what does Victoria Guzman do?

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes' house appears to be:

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

4. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?

5. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:

Short Essay Questions

1. What birth images or references appear in the chapter to contrast Santiago's death?

2. Describe the townspeople's attitudes toward the twins' plans to kill Santiago Nasar.

3. What ironies occur on the morning of Santiago's death?

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

5. What might be the author's purpose in saving the details of the murder for the last chapter?

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

7. What opposing ideas or concepts are apparent in the chapter?

8. The women in the book seem divided in their opinions of the necessity of Santiago's murder. What are their differing opinions?

9. The fact that Santiago Nasar never turns on the light in his bedroom, but instead stays in the dark, might symbolize what idea?

10. Both the twins and the magistrate's report are described as floating in water. What is suggested by this idea?

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