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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. Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because:
(a) His mother always forced him to keep the bullets separate.
(b) He sleeps with a gun beneath his pillow and does not want it to go off accidentally.
(c) A servant accidentally fired a gun in his childhood, causing great destruction.
(d) He shot a gun as a child and caused great destruction.

2. The narrator believes Angela Vicario has always exhibited:
(a) A weakness of spirit and an air of helplessness.
(b) A desperation men found stifling.
(c) A poverty of morals and a reckless nature.
(d) A boldness unbecoming to a lady.

3. The widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because:
(a) He does not respect Bayardo San Roman.
(b) He can not get enough money for his possessions.
(c) It all has sentimental value for him.
(d) It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up.

4. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
(a) He thinks starch is for girls.
(b) He doesn't want to look stiff.
(c) His skin is too sensitive for it.
(d) It makes his clothes look dirty.

5. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:
(a) Enter arranged marriages.
(b) Ignore earthly pleasures.
(c) Pursue the church above all else.
(d) Fill the traditional roles of men and women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Placida Linero believe that the bishop won't get off the boat?

2. Santiago objects to Victoria's actions toward the rabbits because:

3. The engagement of Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman was shorter than the norm because:

4. The emotion Angela Vicario most clearly expresses when all is revealed is:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his mother?

2. What is significant about the fact that the bishop is visiting to bless the town on the day Santiago Nasar is to be murdered?

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

4. Explain the reason for the murder plot.

5. Why is it significant that Bayardo has not opened Angela's letters?

6. Aside from the code of honor exhibited by the Vicario twins, what other family values are exhibited in the book?

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. Most of the characters affected negatively by Santiago Nasar's death were whom?

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

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

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