WorksheetsChronicle of a Death Foretold
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 39mins
The Story begins as Santiago Nasar?
Dies in the street
Walks home from the wedding
Says goodbye to his mother for the last time
wakes up in the morning
Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
His skin is too sensitive for it
He thinks starch is for girls
It makes his clothes look dirty
He doesn't want to look stiff
The white linen clothes Santiago wears on the day of his death makes him look like....
like he is wearing pajamas
like he never went to bed
like he was a ghost
like a bride
Santiago has learned to be careful with a gun because
a servant accidentally fired a gun in his childhood, causing great destruction
he sleeps with a gun beneath his pillow and does not want it go off accidentally
his mother always forced him to keep the bullets separate
he was not wearing his usual clothes with the gun on his belt
Whose the narrator?
Santiago
Angela
Pedro
Santiago's best friend
How many years ago as the actual murder?
present day
2 months ago
27 years ago
10 years ago
After Santiago's death, Placida Linero consoles herself by looking over the balcony at what?
the jailhouse
the town river
the almond trees
at Santiago's dead body.
What does the author call some of the events that led to Santiago's death?
fatal coincidences
painful memories
fatal mistakes
the death trap of ironies
Santiago's house is made from a former...
barn
warehouse
parlor
home
Why does Victoria Guzman distrust Santiago?
because he never eats his whole meal
the Vicario twins told her not to
she knows he will take advantage of her daughter
because Margot told her not to trust him.
Juliet drinks a sleeping potion in order to sneak off and be with Romeo. Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet is dead but she awakes to find him deceased and then kills herself.
Which type of "Irony" is present?
The twin who planned on murdering Santiago were named.
Juan and Poncio Vicario
Santiago and Clotide Armenta
Victoria and Divina Guzman
Pedro and Pablo Vicario
Why does the narrator believe his mother should have known about the murder plot?
she was a practicing mystic
she was close to Pedro and Pablo Vicario
She predicted Santiagoś life would end trangically
She always had news before anyone else did in the house
Angela Vicarioś brothers want to kill Santiago because
He refused to marry Angela
He told Angelaś husband she was not a virgin
He stole Angelaś virginity
Because he wore white that day.
Bayardo San Roman returned Angela to her family because
She was not a virgin
She was already pregnant
He realized he was not in love with her
The wedding was not legitimate
Why did people like San Roman?
He was swimming in gold
he had access to enless resources
He was honest and had a good heart
He was bashful and withdrawn
How have all the Vicario children been raised?
Desire all material posessions
Enter arranged marriages
Fulfill the traditional roles of a woman and a man
Pursue the church above all else.
The Widower Xius does not want to sell his house or the belongings inside of it because....
He does not respect Bayardo
It all has sentimental value for him
It is all part of a vast collection he does not want to break up
he cannot get enough money for his possessions.
The narrator has had a hard time believing Santiago was Angelaś seducer because...
he had a strict religious upbringing
he thinks santiago was in love with someone else
he was best friends with santiago and knew ALL his secrets
he knew there was a horrible feud between the Nasars and the Vicarios.
What does the term foreshadowing mean?
through the use of subtle hints and clues within the text the reader is able to predict was is to come next in the text.
the game of chance
when the author uses flashbacks to remember what happened in the past
a personś shadow within the text.
Pura Vicario believes her daughters will make excellent wives because
they are not confident enough to pursue their own goals
they have been raised to suffer
they have been raised to serve men
they are not interested in their individuality.
Clotilde Armenta allowed the twins to wait for Santiago in....
Her home
Her milk shop
Her tavern
Her dress shop
The townspeople refer to Bayardo San Roman as "poor Bayardo" because
He remains in the widower Xius house, never to be seen again
He never marries again
He was not really wealthy after all
They believe he is the only true victim
The bishop's refusal to stop in the village suggests what?
Non one in authority cared about the town or its inhabitants
The town was not in need of help
The bishop, and therefore G-d, has neglected the twon.
The bishop knows of the murder plot
Ironically, the priest had to use what implements to perform the autopsy?
craftmen's tools
silverward
garden tools
kitchen utensils
What was Santiago's main concern about the wedding?
What he was going to wear?
Who was his date?
How much money was spent on the wedding?
Where he would get his first drink?
Why did the twins have to carry out the murder plot?
because they were so mad
because they were outraged by Santiago's behavior
it was the only way to show their manliness
it was their duty
Luisa Santiago is torn in her loyalties because
she is no longer friends with either the Vicarios or Placida linero
She is godmother to both Santiago and Angela
She wants to stay home with her family, but feels a duty to leave
She is related to the Vicarios, but godmother to Santiago
The story begins as Santiago Nasar....
Dies in the street
Says goodbye to his mother for the last time
Walks home from the wedding
Wakes up in the morning
Santiago is compared to a symbol
a name among the shadows
a well-aimed dart
a butterfly with no will of its own
a dead man
Why does Santigo object to Victorias actions towards the rabbits?
Because she guts them savagely
She plays nicely with them
She doesn't feed them
She ignores them
The repeated foretelling of Santiago Nasar's death suggests what?
That it was fated or inevitable in such a town and culture
that Santiago knew he would die that day
That iw as his punishment for a misspent life
that it was everyone's plan to murder him.
Who is Mercedez Barcha
Santiago's fiance
The Narrators wife
Angela's best friend
Margot's sister.
Who was Santiago engaged to?
Flora
Mercedez
Angela
Margot
Santiago was mortally wounded three times. He leaned back onto his mother's door without the slightest resistance, as if he only want to do what?
See his mother for the last time
help them finish killing him by his own contribution
Grab the secret knife behind the door to defend himself
to gain some balance so he can fight back.
Pablo Vicario declared that he felt a certain way while he was knifing Santiago. What was it that he said?
I felt the way you do when you're galloping on horseback
I felt the way you do when you gut a rabbit
I felt the way you do when you see a grown man cry
i felt ashamed for what I had done.
Placida Linero saw something after the Vicario twins left Santiago and ran toward the church. What did she see?
Santiago Nasar in front of the door, face down in the dust, trying to rise up out of his own blood. Holding his own intestines in his hands.
She saw Angela Vicario standing on the balcony
She saw Bayardo standing there with a knife
She saw almond trees.
Where did Santiago actually die?
on the balcony
on the kitchen floor
at Bayardo's home
The milk shop
