Q 01/05

In the real 1951 case the killers were ordinary brothers; what did García Márquez make Pedro and Pablo Vicario?

A) Stepbrothers

B) Twins

C) Half-brothers

D) Foster brothers

Answer · why

B) Twins

Twins made the killers a matched pair: Pablo is the elder by about six minutes, yet it is Pedro who first decides that Santiago Nasar must die.

Q 02/05

What does Bayardo San Román carry in a suitcase when he finally returns to Ángela Vicario after seventeen years?

A) Her wedding dress

B) The deeds to the house

C) His father's medals

D) Her unopened letters

Answer · why

D) Her unopened letters

Her unopened letters, almost two thousand of them, come back with him in bundles. She fell in love with him only after he rejected her, then wrote to ...

Q 03/05

After three years in jail awaiting trial, on what grounds are the Vicario brothers acquitted of killing Santiago Nasar?

A) Legitimate defense of honor

B) Insanity brought on by drink

C) Lack of reliable witnesses

D) Self-defense against the victim

Answer · why

A) Legitimate defense of honor

Legitimate defense of honor was their lawyer's argument, and the court upheld it. The brothers had given themselves up at once and never showed remors...

Q 04/05

Which dignitary's boat does the town of Chronicle of a Death Foretold gather to greet on the morning of the murder?

A) The governor

B) A senator

C) The bishop

D) The president

Answer · why

C) The bishop

The bishop sails past without stopping, though the townspeople have waited with gifts. Santiago Nasar had risen after an hour's sleep to be there.

Q 05/05

Who bars the front door of Santiago Nasar's house seconds before he reaches it with the Vicario brothers behind him?

A) Plácida Linero

B) Divina Flor

C) Clotilde Armenta

D) Luisa Santiaga

Answer · why

A) Plácida Linero

Plácida Linero, his own mother, bolts it believing her son is already upstairs. He is stabbed against the wood and staggers round to the back entrance...