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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. Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because:
(a) They are not interested in their individuality.
(b) They have been raised to serve men.
(c) They have been raised to suffer.
(d) They are not confident enough to pursue their own goals.

2. Bayardo San Roman has "a way of speaking that...":
(a) ...Conveyed urgency.
(b) ...Disguised what he had come to town for.
(c) ...Served to conceal rather than reveal.
(d) ...Did not allow him to be known at first sight.

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

4. Another event that adds to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman is that:
(a) He is nowhere to be found on his wedding day.
(b) He is cold and aloof toward Angela.
(c) He returns Angela to her home.
(d) He is two hours late for his own wedding.

5. The motif of blindness in the chapter suggests:
(a) A desire to deceive others.
(b) An unwillingness to see or acknowledge the truth.
(c) A desire to hide in the dark.
(d) A refusal to face situations without help.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?

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

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

4. What noise does Divina Flor hear when Santiago leaves the house?

5. Bayardo's talk about money and his show of excess at the wedding indicate that he appears to value:

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Arab community's reaction to Santiago's death.

2. The magistrate, an objective party, serves what role for the reader?

3. Underneath the "proper" appearances of the characters in this chapter, many ugly truths lie. What does this suggest about the townspeople?

4. What evidence of class distinction is symbolized in the chapter?

5. How does the narrator describe his mother?

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

7. What does the motif of excess suggest in the chapter?

8. Describe Angela's relationship with her mother.

9. The contrasting motifs of youth and old age suggest what about the characters' values?

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

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