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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Divina Flor's weeping as she fends off the dogs suggests:
(a) She is guilty and overcome by Santiago's death.
(b) She knows the dogs will attack her next.
(c) She knows her mother is responsible for Santiago's death.
(d) She is afraid the narrator will blame her for Santiago's death.

2. Pablo Vicario goes on to:
(a) Become a metalsmith and dies in his fathers shop.
(b) Enlist in the army and disappears in the jungle.
(c) Marry his fiance and dies shortly thereafter.
(d) Become a metalsmith and marries his fiance.

3. Santiago Nasar's pure white linen suit suggests:
(a) Wealth.
(b) Womanliness.
(c) Burial wrappings.
(d) Innocence.

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

5. Pablo, the younger twin, finally has to convince his brother to kill Santiago, perhaps because:
(a) Pedro is resistant to any kind of authority.
(b) Pedro has been to war and knows what it is to kill a man.
(c) Pedro is cowardly since his return from the military.
(d) Pedro has lost his sense of duty since returning from the military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator learns that the Vicario twins:

3. Santiago Nasar insists on returning home for an hour so that:

4. Officer Leandro Pornoy, who visited with the twins at Clothilde Armenta's:

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

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