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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many keys does Mina give the blind woman?

3. What does Ulises's father smuggle?

4. Who runs the bar in "The Sea of Lost Time"?

5. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the manner in which the old man leaves the town.

2. How do the villagers react to the old man in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," and why?

3. How do the villagers react when Balthazar leaves the cage with his patron, and why?

4. What does Damaso plan to do with the stolen goods, and what becomes of his plans?

5. Explain how the grandmother of "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother" dies.

6. Explain how the narrator of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles" discovers he can perform miracles.

7. How does the protagonist of "The Last Voyage" affect the ghost ship's passage?

8. Describe Balthazar's cage.

9. What does Nelson Farina want from the senator, and why?

10. Why do the missionaries kidnap Eréndira, and what do they do with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Montiel's widow and Mr. Carmichael and explain how other characters in "Montiel's Widow" perceive them.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the prominence of the theme of the progression of death in "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," "The Third Resignation," and "Eva Is Inside Her Cat," comparing and contrasting its presence in the three stories.

Essay Topic 3

Describe García Márquez's use of magic realism, highlighting its effect in at least two or three stories.

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