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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the antivenom made of in "Blacamán"?
(a) Rose water.
(b) Rhubarb and turpentine.
(c) Snake venom.
(d) Vegetable oil.

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

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

6. Of whom did José Montiel give the church a picture?
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Saint John.
(c) Saint Joseph.
(d) Saint Anne.

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

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

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

10. From where are the smugglers in "The Last Voyage"?
(a) The Guianas.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Bolivia.

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

12. What is in Mina's wooden trunk?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Letters.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Roses.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Rebecca's husband?

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

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

4. What disease does the old man catch in "A Very Old Man"?

5. What explodes in "Innocent Eréndira"?

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