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

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

3. How much longer than the village is the ghost ship in "The Last Voyage"?

4. For whom did Balthazar make the large bird cage?

5. What device kills pain in "Blacamán"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Jacob's wife, what is the significance of the smell in "The Sea of Lost Time"?

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

5. Why is the senator thinking about death in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?

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

7. Describe what happens when Blacamán the Bad gets bitten by a snake.

8. Summarize Damaso's experience in the pool hall as described in the beginning of "There Are No Thieves in This Town."

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of the dentist Aurelio Escovar and make a defense for him either as a villain or as an avenger.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the tension between dream and reality in "Eyes of a Blue Dog."

Essay Topic 3

Explain García Márquez's writing style in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" and make a defense for it as an adequate way to convey the narrator's state of mind.

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