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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the stab wounds in Santiago's hands is described as resembling the stigmata of Christ, which suggests:
(a) Santiago's innocence.
(b) The priest's fear that the autopsy was a sin.
(c) The priest's belief in Santiago's innocence.
(d) Santiago's religious beliefs.

2. Though the Vicario brothers defend their actions, they can not seem to get rid of:
(a) The smell of the drinking from the night before.
(b) Their anger at their sister's behavior.
(c) Their need for revenge.
(d) The smell of Santiago Nasar's blood on their clothes and bodies.

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

4. The fact that the narrator does not remember rain on the day of the murder suggests:
(a) That he is too traumatized to remember.
(b) That he was hiding out at the whorehouse.
(c) That he himself understands the matter on some level.
(d) That he wanted Santiago Nasar to die.

5. The author differentiates between his sisters by calling them:
(a) My favorite sister and My other sister.
(b) My sister Margot and My sister Ignacia.
(c) My sister Margot and My sister the nun.
(d) My sister the spinster and My sister the nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator does not believe Santiago had a guilty conscience that night because:

2. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:

3. Divina Flor's weeping as she fends off the dogs suggests:

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

5. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes handles her grief by:

(see the answer keys)

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