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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fernanda del Carpio accept the marriage proposal from Aureliano Segundo?

2. What does the builder of the answer in #129 do to Jose Arcadio's grave?

3. What happens between Aureliano and Amaranta Ursula?

4. What does Gaston do when he realizes that Amaranta Ursula will never tire of Macondo?

5. What has been happening in the town for nearly five years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jose Arcadio Segundo doing as he's locked in the laboratory?

2. What are some of the signs that Macondo is becoming more modern?

3. What devastation does the five-year-long event cause?

4. What does Meme do after her lover Mauricio Babilonia is shot and killed?

5. Why does Santa Sofia de la Piedad just walk away one day?

6. What does the banana company do when people begin to complain of unfair working conditions?

7. Who is Aureliano Segundo trying to placate in his life?

8. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her child?

9. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

10. What are some of the odd behaviors of Remedios the Beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The love that is described in this novel is a bit different from most readers' traditional ideas about love. It seems the family is quite hindered by their lack of ability to love. Describe three reasons why the Buendia family might have had such a hard time creating love in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

Again and again in the novel, a reader sees characters running away from their problems and running away from danger. List three examples in which this happens in the novel as well as why this choice works or doesn't work for the individual characters. Are the characters running out of self preservation or out of fear? Or is there another reason to run away?

Essay Topic 3

Government seems to play a significant role in this novel. How does the government positively affect Macondo? How does the government negatively affect Macondo? Give at least two specific examples of each.

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