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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What events foreshadow an unusual evening for the wedding guests?

2. The narrator describes Angela Vicario as "the creature of [Bayardo's] torment," which suggests:

3. Santiago's statement about his own wedding is ironic because:

4. All of the Vicario children had been raised to:

5. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:

Short Essay Questions

1. Both the twins and the magistrate's report are described as floating in water. What is suggested by this idea?

2. Describe the reunion between Bayardo San Roman and Angela Vicario.

3. Describe the townspeople's attitudes toward the twins' plans to kill Santiago Nasar.

4. The contrasting motifs of youth and old age suggest what about the characters' values?

5. Why is it significant that Bayardo has not opened Angela's letters?

6. Describe the Arab community's reaction to Santiago's death.

7. Most of the characters affected negatively by Santiago Nasar's death were whom?

8. What is significant about the fact that the bishop is visiting to bless the town on the day Santiago Nasar is to be murdered?

9. Aside from the code of honor exhibited by the Vicario twins, what other family values are exhibited in the book?

10. What birth images or references appear in the chapter to contrast Santiago's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select an instance where the tone shifts in the novel and explore what the tone indicates about theme.

Essay Topic 2

Leonard F. Peltier said, "Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies." Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify Peltier's statement in relation to Garcia Marquez' novel.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator uses both showing and telling to reveal the details of the story. Write an essay in which evaluate the use of showing and telling in the novel, determining which of the two is most influential in communicating Garcia Marquez' ideas.

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