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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. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do when he visits the jail?
(a) Gives up his power
(b) Burns the jail down
(c) Helps his friend escape
(d) Cries

2. How many illegitimate children of Colonel Aureliano Buendia are introduced to Ursula?
(a) Ten
(b) Seventeen
(c) Five
(d) Sixteen

3. Who is outraged by the inbreeding and young marriages?
(a) Father Nicanor
(b) Aureliano
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Jose Arcadio Buendia

4. Who proposes to Amaranta?
(a) Aureliano
(b) Jose Arcadio
(c) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(d) Pietro

5. Who does the answer in #92 kill as a result of a disagreement?
(a) General Arcadio
(b) General Jose Arcadio
(c) General Aureliano
(d) General Jose Raquel Moncada

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?

2. Who is left in charge of Macondo when the answer from #61 leaves?

3. What occasionally visits the town?

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

5. Who begins to find Jose Arcadio irresistible?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to prevent the execution of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?

3. What is Pietro Crespi a master at doing?

4. Describe Melqunades.

5. How do Pilar Ternera and Jose Arcadio meet?

6. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula outcasts in their society?

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

8. What other event prevents Rebeca and Pietro's wedding from happening?

9. What is the gypsies' latest wonder that they share with Jose Arcadio Buendia?

10. Who vies for the attention of Pietro Crespi?

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