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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a humane and considerate ruler of Macondo?
(a) General Jose Arcadio
(b) General Arcadio
(c) General Jose Raquel Moncada
(d) General Aureliano

2. Who is a witness to a military executions that then scars him for life?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Jose Arcadio Segundo
(c) Aureliano Segundo
(d) Aureliano

3. Who leaves Macondo to join the revolution?
(a) Pietro
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Colonel Aureliano Buendia
(d) Jose Arcadio

4. Where is the story located?
(a) Belize
(b) Bogota
(c) Macondo
(d) Mercata

5. What is/are the names of Jose Arcadio and Ursula's child/children?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Jose Arcadio, Aureliano, and Pietro
(c) Jose Arcadio and Aureliano
(d) They did not have any children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes lazy and dissipated and plays the accordion?

2. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia like to study?

3. What happens when Rebeca gives into desire?

4. Who does the answer in #92 kill as a result of a disagreement?

5. What eventually prevents Rebeca's wedding indefinitely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Gerineldo Mbrquez disagrees with the decision of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?

2. What is so extraordinary about Jose Arcadio's anatomy, so much so that he gets the attention of many gypsies and even terrifies his own mother?

3. What are some of the ailments of Rebeca?

4. When Jose Arcadio Buendia becomes obsessed with mechanical animals, what do Aureliano and some townspeople do?

5. Why doesn't Colonel Aureliano Buendia die when he shoots himself through the chest?

6. Who does Aureliano Buendia marry?

7. How do Pilar Ternera and Jose Arcadio meet?

8. Describe Melqunades.

9. What happens to Pietro when Amaranta finally rejects his long proposal and courtship?

10. What was Jose Arcadio Buendia's original profession?

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