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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator warns Santiago that "A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain," he suggests:

2. The Arab community in the novel is described as:

3. Father Amador fails to warn Santiago or his mother of the murder plot because:

4. The narrator is lured away from his friends by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, who is described as:

5. Ironically, the priest had to use what implements to perform the autopsy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the contrasting ideas of youth and old age developed in the novel. How do these two ideas contribute to an understanding of character, events, and setting?

Essay Topic 2

Leonard F. Peltier said, "Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies." Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify Peltier's statement in relation to Garcia Marquez' novel.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator uses both showing and telling to reveal the details of the story. Write an essay in which evaluate the use of showing and telling in the novel, determining which of the two is most influential in communicating Garcia Marquez' ideas.

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