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

2. Santiago felt completely covered in bird droppings when he woke. What might that suggest?
(a) A negative outcome for his day.
(b) A fear of birds.
(c) A need to move to another town.
(d) Good luck.

3. 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.

4. Pura Vicario's silent beating of her daughter suggests:
(a) She has conflicting duties as disciplinarian and protector of the family.
(b) She doesn't want anyone else in the family to learn about Angela.
(c) She is so angry she has no words for Angela.
(d) She has no power of her own.

5. How does the narrator describe Angela's face during the wedding party?
(a) She now has the look of a trapped animal.
(b) She now has the face of a married woman.
(c) She is extremely frightened.
(d) She looks offended by the excess.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:

2. The weather on the day of Santiago's death is described by the townspeople as:

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

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

5. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. The fact that people are simultaneously celebrating the bishop's visit and condemning Santiago Nasar to death suggests what about the town and its beliefs?

5. How does the narrator describe his mother?

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

7. The stray bullet that causes so much destruction in the neighbors' houses in Santiago's youth teaches him to be careful with a gun. What irony might this symbolize?

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

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

10. Though the town seems to support the Vicario twins' actions, where do we see signs of guilt or regret in the chapter?

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