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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hears Big Mama's final wishes?
(a) Mr. Herbert.
(b) Nicanor.
(c) Aurelio Escovar.
(d) Father Anthony Isabel.

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

3. What color is the grandmother's blood in "Innocent Eréndira"?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. Who runs the bar in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Catarino.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Pelayo.

5. What type of bird is supposed to live in the large bird cage?
(a) Curlew.
(b) Troupial.
(c) Canadian goose.
(d) Robin.

6. In "Death Constant Beyond Love," where does Onésimo Sánchez meet his true love?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Macondo.
(c) Rosal del Virrey.
(d) San Juan.

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

8. Who travels with Eréndira and her grandmother?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A priest.

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

10. How much does Balthazar end up charging for the bird cage?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Fifty pesos.
(c) Two hundred pesos.
(d) Thirty pesos.

11. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," what is the drowned man's weight compared to?
(a) A whale.
(b) A horse.
(c) A tree.
(d) A truck.

12. Which character wants a fake ID in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?
(a) Laura Farina.
(b) Big Mama.
(c) Nelson Farina.
(d) Nicanor.

13. Whom do Mr. Herbert and Tobías see in the sea?
(a) Catarino.
(b) Jacob's wife.
(c) Aureliano Buendía.
(d) Rebecca.

14. What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"?
(a) Kitchen utensils.
(b) Dried flowers.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Dead mice.

15. What language does Ulises's mother speak?
(a) Guajiro.
(b) English.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Mayan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do José Montiel's daughters live?

2. From what does Big Mama's doctor suffer?

3. What causes the ghost ship to disappear in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship"?

4. Who catches Damaso in the pool hall at the end of the story?

5. How much admission do Pelayo and Elisenda charge to see the old man?

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