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Collected Stories | Quiz

Gabriel García Márquez
This Study Guide consists of approximately 62 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Collected Stories.

Collected Stories | Quiz

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1)

To what animal is José compared? (from The Woman Who Came at Six O'Clock)

A lion.
A bear.
A dog.
An ox.
2)

What device kills pain in "Blacamán"? (from Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles)

A battery-powered alarm clock.
A sewing machine.
A hamster wheel.
A pogo stick.
3)

What day is it at the beginning of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses"? (from Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses)

Sunday.
Monday.
Tuesday.
Wednesday.
4)

What instrument does the musician in "Nabo" play? (from Nabo: the Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait)

Accordion.
Guitar.
Piano.
Saxophone.
5)

What book is the boy reading in "Night"? (from The Night of the Curlews)

Robinson Crusoe.
Gulliver's Travels.
Terry and the Pirates.
Great Expectations.
6)

Who comes to Aurelio Escovar's office for dental work? (from One of These Days)

Father Anthony Isabel.
The Mayor.
Isabel.
Damaso.
7)

What does the narrator of "Blacamán" want to be? (from Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles)

A firefighter.
A priest.
A boxer.
A fortune teller.
8)

Who travels with Eréndira and her grandmother? (from The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother)

A butcher.
A priest.
A photographer.
A doctor.
9)

Who is mentioned in "Tuesday Siesta" as having been a boxer? (from Tuesday Siesta)

José Montiel.
The priest.
Carlos Esperanto.
Carlos Centeno.
10)

Where does the narrator of "Someone" want to put the roses? (from Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses)

In a vase.
On the altar at church.
On his grave.
On the dining room table.
11)

What does Big Mama do immediately before dying? (from Big Mama's Funeral)

She sighs.
She curses.
She gasps.
She burps.
12)

How much money is the thief reported to have taken in "There Are No Thieves"? (from There Are No Thieves in This Town)

Two hunded pesos.
Four hundred pesos.
Three hundred pesos.
Six hundred pesos.
13)

What do the characters in "Night" run into after leaving the bar? (from The Night of the Curlews)

Trees.
Trunks.
A fence.
A building.
14)

In "The Handsomest Drowned Man," how many languages does the captain in the villagers' daydream speak? (from The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World)

Fourteen.
Five.
Two.
Six.
15)

What killed Nabo? (from Nabo: the Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait)

A heart attack.
A gun.
Cancer.
A horse.
16)

What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"? (from Artificial Roses)

Dead mice.
Dried flowers.
Peanuts.
Kitchen utensils.
17)

As the women imagine in "The Handsomest Drowned Man," what emotion is on the corpse's face? (from The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World)

Shame.
Sadness.
Ecstasy.
Guilt.
18)

Of whom did José Montiel give the church a picture? (from Montiel's Widow)

Saint Anne.
Saint Augustine.
Saint Joseph.
Saint John.
19)

How long has the protagonist's mother been a widow in "The Last Voyage"? (from The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship)

Ten years.
Eleven years.
Five days.
A week.
20)

What burns down the grandmother's house in "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother"? (from The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother)

Faulty electrical wiring.
A candle.
A thief.
A firefly.
21)

In "Tuesday Siesta," what is the name of the thief? (from Tuesday Siesta)

Glasgow.
Uriel Ramirez.
José Montiel.
Carlos Centeno.
22)

To whom does Father Anthony Isabel give the offering? (from One Day after Saturday)

The traveling boy.
The birds.
The devil.
Rebecca.
23)

How many months pregnant is Ana in "There Are No Thieves in This Town"? (from There Are No Thieves in This Town)

Nine months.
One month.
Six months.
Five months.
24)

How many keys does Mina give the blind woman? (from Artificial Roses)

Two.
One.
Three.
None.
25)

At the beginning of the story, how long has Nabo been asleep? (from Nabo: the Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait)

Three days.
Five minutes.
A week.
Thirty hours.
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