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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Characters
Characters
Santiago Nasar
Angela Vicario
Main Ideas
Themes
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Honor
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Santiago Nasar
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Pedro Vicario
Pablo Vicario
Bayardo San Roman
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1
of 5
Who is asked to perform Santiago's autopsy in Doctor Dionisio Iguaran's absence?
Father Carmen Amador
A young medical student
A barber
Answers A and B
2
of 5
When the narrator visits Maria Alejandrina Cervantes after the autopsy, why does she refuse him?
He smells like Santiago
He smells like death
She has retired
She cannot stop crying
3
of 5
What does Pablo Vicario do after serving his three-year sentence in prison?
Becomes a poet
Becomes a goldsmith
Rejoins the army
Disappears
4
of 5
When Bayardo arrives at Angela's embroidery workshop, what is inside the suitcase he is carrying?
Angela's wedding gown
Angela's unopened letters
Unsent letters to Angela
A music box
5
of 5
What does Angela wear on the day the Vicario family leaves town?
Her wedding gown
A long black veil
A bright red dress
A nun disguise
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