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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. Margo insists that Santiago:
(a) Watch out for Pedro and Pablo Vicario.
(b) Stay at his grandparents' house.
(c) Go home and rest.
(d) Join them at home for breakfast.

2. Angela's feelings toward Bayardo San Roman might be described as:
(a) Bashful and withdrawn.
(b) Fearful and concerned.
(c) Contemptuous and resentful.
(d) Curious and excited.

3. The narrator describes San Roman as:
(a) Mysterious and evil.
(b) Tense and sad.
(c) Confident and enthusiastic.
(d) Jubilant and handsome.

4. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:
(a) He refuses to see Angela as a grown woman.
(b) He opposes his daughter's marriage.
(c) He is losing his mind.
(d) He is unprepared and powerless in these events.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Divina Flor claims she did not warn Santiago about the murder plot against him because:

2. The twins did not try to convince Angela to marry Bayardo San Roman because:

3. Santiago's departure from his house on the morning of his death was unusual because:

4. After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?

5. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the town's concern about "its mission assigned by fate" show?

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

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

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

6. What revelations does Angela Vicario express about herself?

7. What is Bayardo San Roman's reaction to the narrator's questions about the murder, and what does it suggest about him?

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

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

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

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