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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ursula and Jose Arcadio believe will happen if they have children?
(a) They will not be able to feed them.
(b) The child will grow a pig's tail or will be an iguana.
(c) They will not be able to leave the town.
(d) The child will not be smart.

2. Who is Amaranta?
(a) She is the nurse.
(b) She is the third child born of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula.
(c) She is the grandmother.
(d) She is the long lost cousin of the family.

3. What happens to Jose Arcadio after he sleeps with the young girl?
(a) He tells his parents.
(b) He leaves town.
(c) He kills the girl.
(d) He marries her.

4. Who vies for the love of Pietro?
(a) Rebeca and Ursula
(b) Rebeca and Amaranta
(c) Ursula and Amaranta
(d) Amaranta and Remedios

5. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?
(a) The moon
(b) Ursula
(c) Mechanical animals
(d) The ants

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople do when Jose Arcadio Buendia seems to go mad?

2. What does Pilar Ternera tell Jose Arcadio?

3. Who is the first unofficial mayor of Macondo?

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

5. What happens when Rebeca gives into desire?

(see the answer key)

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