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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Rebecca's husband?
(a) Damaso.
(b) Aurelio Escovar.
(c) José Arcadio Buendía.
(d) Mr. Carmichael.

2. What is damaging Rebecca's screens?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) The rain.
(c) Birds.
(d) Vandals.

3. Where do José Montiel's daughters live?
(a) Brisbane.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

4. What disease does the old man catch in "A Very Old Man"?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Mumps.

5. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?
(a) Goats.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Alligators.

6. What does Damaso bring to Ana at the beginning of the story?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Billiard balls.
(c) Two hundred pesos.
(d) A cantaloupe.

7. Who initially states that the drowned man must be named Esteban?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The youngest child.
(c) The oldest woman.
(d) The captain.

8. As the women imagine in "The Handsomest Drowned Man," what emotion is on the corpse's face?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Shame.

9. In "A Very Old Man," what does Elisenda think the old man is at first?
(a) A bat.
(b) An angel.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A demon.

10. What is the name of the priest in "A Very Old Man"?
(a) Father Gonzaga.
(b) Father Val.
(c) Father Nicanor.
(d) Father Anthony Isabel.

11. In "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon," how old is Balthazar?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Thirty.

12. To whom does Father Anthony Isabel give the offering?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) The traveling boy.
(c) The devil.
(d) The birds.

13. How long has the protagonist's mother been a widow in "The Last Voyage"?
(a) Eleven years.
(b) Five days.
(c) Ten years.
(d) A week.

14. What causes the ghost ship to disappear in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship"?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Catarino's shouting.
(d) Light from the lighthouse.

15. What does Big Mama do immediately before dying?
(a) She gasps.
(b) She burps.
(c) She curses.
(d) She sighs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sea of Lost Time," which stranger comes to town?

2. What burns down the grandmother's house in "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother"?

3. At what time did José Montiel habitually go to Mass?

4. What is in Mina's wooden trunk?

5. What is Onésimo Sánchez's sign?

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