One Hundred Years of Solitude | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. Who was facing the firing squad "many years later"?

Colonel Aureliano Buendia

2. Where is the story located?

Macondo

3. What occasionally visits the town?

Gypsies

4. Who is always engaged in productive work?

Ursula

5. Who is the head of the gypsies?

Melqunades

6. What does Ursula think about her husband's fascination with science?

It's ridiculous and expensive.

7. How many children do Jose Arcadio and Ursula have?

Two

8. What is/are the names of Jose Arcadio and Ursula's child/children?

Jose Arcadio and Aureliano

9. What did Melqunades seemingly die of?

Fever

10. What is the greatest invention that the gypsies bring to Jose Arcadio Buendia?

Ice

11. What is the most wonderful of all the objects of wonder that Melqunades brings to Jose Arcadio Buendia?

Fasle teeth

12. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia like to study?

Alchemy

Chapter 2

1. Where did Jose Arcadio...
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