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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ironically, the priest had to use what implements to perform the autopsy?
(a) Garden tools.
(b) Kitchen utensils.
(c) Craftsmen's tools.
(d) Silverware.

2. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:
(a) She wants to show her respect for him.
(b) She believes he will seek revenge if she does.
(c) She has never gotten over her love for him.
(d) She retired after their affair ended.

3. The twins were transferred to:
(a) Santiago Nasar's house.
(b) Their mother's house.
(c) The mayor's house.
(d) The school auditorium.

4. Most of the concerns that keep people from acting on Santiago Nasar's behalf could be described as:
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Self-indulgent.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Disrespectful.

5. Santiago's autopsy has to be performed in a hurry because:
(a) The Nasars' dogs have begun to eat the body.
(b) The townspeople want to desecrate the remains.
(c) Santiago's coffin is prepared and waiting for him.
(d) The heat is extreme and the body is decomposing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Arab community in the novel is described as:

2. Because Angela's unanswered letters make her feel like she is writing to no one:

3. The narrator's dream about the voracious child, on the heels of his thought on Santiago's horrific death, might suggest:

4. Pedro Vicario's guilt manifests itself in what way?

5. Clothilde Armenta correctly assumes that:

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