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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

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What language do Santiago and his father speak when the two are alone?

(A) Spanish

(B) Patois

(C) Arabic

(D) Urdu

Which girl is Santiago bethrothed to?

(A) Angela Vicario

(B) Flora Miguel

(C) Divina Flor

(D) Clothilde Armenta

At what time of day was Santiago Nasar killed?

(A) Dawn

(B) Midday

(C) Evening

(D) Around six A.M.

Who performed the autopsy on Santiago Nasar?

(A) Father Carmen Amador

(B) Dr. Dionisio Iguaran

(C) Colonel Aponte

(D) Cristo Bedoya

How does Bayardo San Roman react after he discovers that Angela Vicario, his new bride, is not a virgin?

(A) He shoots himself

(B) He sends for his family

(C) He tries to drink himself to death

(D) He gives the house back to the widower Xius

True or False: The narrative clearly indicates that Santiago Nasar was undoubtedly the person who took Angela Vicario's vriginity.

(A) True

(B) False

What social construct most clearly influenced Vicario brothers' motive to murder Santiago Nasar?

(A) Love

(B) Honor

(C) Valor

(D) Prudence

True or False: Bayardo San Roman eventually returns to Angela Vicario.

(A) True

(B) False

Who yelled to Santiago Nasar to run to his house?

(A) Yamil Shaium

(B) Clothilde Armenta

(C) Father Carmen Amador

(D) Faustino Santos

Why does Angela Vicario wear red the day her family leaves town?

(A) To show Bayardo that she has changed her mind, and that she loves him

(B) To show the lover who took her virginity that she still loves him

(C) It is a symbol of her burning shame

(D) To show that she is not in mourning for her secret lover

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