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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening with Santa Sofia de la Piedad when Arcadio is taken away?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is leaving town.
(c) She is with another man.
(d) She is sick.

2. Why do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia leave their town?
(a) They are kicked out of the town.
(b) They are followed by a ghost.
(c) They want to raise children somewhere else.
(d) They want a bigger house.

3. What causes Jose Arcadio Buendia to stop believing in God?
(a) When he tries unsuccesfully to take a picture of God.
(b) When Ursula has a nervous breakdown.
(c) When they are asked to paint their house blue.
(d) When he prays for something and it doesn't happen.

4. Who is Aureliano passionately in love with?
(a) Remedios
(b) Ursula
(c) Amaranta
(d) Rebeca

5. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula not consummate their relationship?
(a) They are afraid of birth defects.
(b) Jose has an illness.
(c) They are not attracted to each other.
(d) Ursula does not believe in sexual relations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Arcadio after town violence erupts?

2. Who rejects the Buendia name?

3. Who is outraged by the inbreeding and young marriages?

4. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia invent to help with the plague?

5. How long do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia wander across the mountains?

(see the answer key)

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