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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How old is Big Mama when she dies?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Ninety-two.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty-five.

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

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

10. What is the name of the executor of José Montiel's estate?
(a) Mr. Herbert.
(b) Mr. Carmichael.
(c) Mr. Canada.
(d) Mr. Longfellow.

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

12. In "The Last Voyage," what was the name of the protagonist's mother's husband?
(a) Britannia.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Ulises.
(d) Olofernos.

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

14. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?
(a) A bedsheet.
(b) Flour sacks.
(c) Their husbands' pants.
(d) A sail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Balthazar at the end of the story?

2. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man," how many languages does the captain in the villagers' daydream speak?

3. What does Ulises's father smuggle?

4. To whom does Father Anthony Isabel give the offering?

5. For what is Mina searching at the beginning of "Artificial Roses"?

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