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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. What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"?

2. What causes the ghost ship to disappear in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship"?

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

4. As the women imagine in "The Handsomest Drowned Man," what emotion is on the corpse's face?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the birds do in "One Day After Saturday," and why?

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

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

4. Why is the boy traveling in "One Day After Saturday"?

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

6. How do the women believe Esteban's compatriots must have felt about him?

7. Describe the drowned man in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of irony in "Blacamán the Good."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the theme of the death of a family member as it occurs in "The Other Side of Death" and "Dialogue with the Mirror."

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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