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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Vicario family:
(a) Gives the mayor a bribe to help them escape the town.
(b) Leaves the town, plotting to return and help the brothers escape.
(c) Leaves the town, never to return.
(d) Guards the prisoners in prison with shotguns.

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

3. Bayardo's suitcase full of unopened letters suggests:
(a) That he is returning the letters because he does not want them.
(b) That he wants to pretend nothing has happened since the day they were married.
(c) That he does not need to hear Angela's excuses; he has made mistakes as well.
(d) That he is unwilling to forgive Angela no matter what she says.

4. Christo Bedoya declines to conduct the autopsy because:
(a) He is still angry at Santiago's behavior.
(b) He was such close friends with Santiago.
(c) He hasn't taken the medical exam yet.
(d) He feels guilty for murdering Santiago.

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:
(a) Barring her doors from the public.
(b) Excessive eating.
(c) Having all-night parties.
(d) Excessive drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes never goes to bed with anyone else in Santiago's presence because:

2. The repeated mention of Victoria Guzman watching over the coffee pot and gutting animals connotes which popular image?

3. Though Bayardo has aged in many ways, Angela says she sees him:

4. The narrator suspects that the San Roman family's excessive show of grief:

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

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