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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:
(a) A cat woman.
(b) A warlike crane.
(c) An insomniac falcon.
(d) An insomniac leopard.

2. The brothers' plan to murder Santiago is strangely contradicted at Clothilde Armenta's house by:
(a) Their inability to eat or drink anything.
(b) Their desire to shave and clean up.
(c) Their disbelief in their sister's guilt.
(d) Their proclamations that they don't want to kill Santiago.

3. The court that tries the Vicario twins decides:
(a) They will both be hanged.
(b) They are mentally unfit to stand trial.
(c) They acted honorably in defense of their sister.
(d) They will be punished in the afterlife.

4. Angela Vicario decides to write Bayardo San Roman after:
(a) He refuses to speak to her in public.
(b) He writes her first.
(c) She sees him pass by many years later.
(d) She finds out he still loves her.

5. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:
(a) Takes away the twins knives and goes home.
(b) Gets gored by a bull before he can warn Santiago Nasar.
(c) Goes to Colonel Aponte to reveal the murder plot.
(d) Gets drunk with the twins because he does not believe they are serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faustino Santos, the twins' friend, reports their claim to:

2. Pablo, the younger twin, finally has to convince his brother to kill Santiago, perhaps because:

3. The dogs panting after Santiago's innards as his body lay in his mother's house might represent:

4. The priest laments that a brilliant future was cut short for Santiago because:

5. Bayardo's suitcase full of unopened letters suggests:

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