Chronicle of a Death Foretold Practice Test

The idea being tested is attention to a vivid, memorable detail that reveals how the town talks about grand events. In this scene, the narrator notes that the flowers at Bayardo’s wedding were so numerous that Santiago claims they could be used for fourteen weddings. This is a deliberate exaggeration that emphasizes the wedding’s opulence and the communal, ceremonial atmosphere surrounding it. It also reflects the narratorial voice’s flair for hyperbole, highlighting how people in the town talk about and remember such events.

The other numbers don’t appear in the text, so they wouldn’t fit the remembered detail. The emphasis is on that specific figure—fourteen—because it captures the scale of the celebration and the way memory portrays it.