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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Father Anthony Isabel?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Eighty-five.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Ninety-four.

2. Where is Balthazar at the end of the story?
(a) At home.
(b) In the bar.
(c) In the street.
(d) At church.

3. Who wants to buy the bird cage?
(a) Big Mama.
(b) Dr. Octavio Giraldo.
(c) Aurelio Escovar.
(d) Isabel.

4. Where does Big Mama live?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Macondo.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Manaure.

5. Where does Mina say she is going?
(a) To a restaurant.
(b) To Mass.
(c) Out with friends.
(d) To school.

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the owner of the pool hall?
(a) Anthony Isabel.
(b) Roque.
(c) Carlos Centeno.
(d) Damaso.

10. Which character in "The Sea of Lost Time" wants to be buried alive?
(a) Petra.
(b) Catarino's wife.
(c) Elisenda.
(d) Jacob's wife.

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

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

13. Whom does Damaso hit?
(a) The traveling salesman.
(b) Roque.
(c) Ana.
(d) The prostitute.

14. What unusual smell does the sea give off in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Onions.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daffodils.

15. What type of animal is often in Tobías's bed in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Crab.
(c) Seagull.
(d) Bedbug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in Mina's wooden trunk?

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

3. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?

4. In "Death Constant Beyond Love," of what are the butterflies made?

5. How old is Big Mama when she dies?

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