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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. Angela Vicario's brothers insist that she:
(a) Return to her husband and beg forgiveness.
(b) Reveal the name of her lover.
(c) Uphold the family honor.
(d) Leave the household forever.

2. Angela Vicario's brothers want to kill Santiago because:
(a) He refused to marry Angela.
(b) He told Angela's husband she was not a virgin.
(c) He stole their sister's virginity.
(d) He spread rumors about Angela through the town.

3. The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
(a) No one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants.
(b) The bishop knows of the murder plot.
(c) The bishop, and therefore God, has neglected the town.
(d) The town was not in need of help.

4. What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
(a) Painful ironies.
(b) Fatal mistakes.
(c) Painful anomalies.
(d) Fatal coincidences.

5. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:
(a) He does not believe in killing defenseless animals.
(b) She wastes the meat instead of cooking it.
(c) He believes they are as precious as human beings.
(d) She guts them savagely and feeds the guts to the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The twins who planned to murder Santiago were named:

2. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:

3. What is ironic about Placida Linero's comment that all dreams about birds mean good health?

4. Santiago is joined at the pier by the narrator and which two others?

5. Margo insists that Santiago:

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the images that contribute to the motif of water in the chapter?

2. What might Poncio Vicario's blindness suggest about him?

3. How are the twins persuaded to put off the murder until after the bishop's visit?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why does the priest suggest that the autopsy killed Santiago all over again?

8. The narrator's brother seems to foretell Santiago's death as well. Why is this significant?

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

10. How does the author create a sense of inevitability for Santiago's death?

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