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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Melqunades seemingly die of?
(a) Influenza
(b) Plague
(c) Dysentery
(d) Fever

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

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

5. Who is always engaged in productive work?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano Buendia
(c) Ursula
(d) Melqunades

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pilar Ternera tell Jose Arcadio?

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

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

5. What is the most wonderful of all the objects of wonder that Melqunades brings to Jose Arcadio Buendia?

(see the answer key)

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