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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do once he begins to lose his warmth and his vigor, and after he makes a deal to kill another rival leader?
(a) He withdraws from command.
(b) He decides to get married.
(c) He takes a new lover.
(d) He burns down his own house.

2. Who criticized this decision the most?
(a) Arcadio
(b) Ursula
(c) Gerineldo Marquez
(d) Jose Arcadio Buendia

3. How does the girl prove she is related to Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?
(a) She tells them a story.
(b) She doesn't.
(c) She begs them to let her stay with them.
(d) She carries a bag of her parents' bones.

4. What happens when Rebeca gives into desire?
(a) She builds a new house.
(b) She forgets about Pietro.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She tells Ursula.

5. What does Amaranta decline to do after she accepts the proposal?
(a) Stay in town
(b) Set a marriage date
(c) Be with this groom.
(d) Tell others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the traveler that prowls around Macondo, investigating insects and bananas?

2. What does Ursula attempt to sell with her girls?

3. Who does Rebeca marry?

4. What does Macondo's growth NOT bring to the town?

5. What causes Jose Arcadio Buendia to stop believing in God?

(see the answer key)

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