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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was facing the firing squad "many years later"?
(a) Santa Sofia de la Pietra
(b) Colonel Aureliano Buendia
(c) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(d) Jose Acadio

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

3. Who is the head of the gypsies?
(a) Ursula
(b) Aureliano
(c) Remedios
(d) Melqunades

4. Who is the first unofficial mayor of Macondo?
(a) Aureliano
(b) Jose Arcadio
(c) Ursula
(d) Jose Arcardio Buendia

5. What does Ursula think about her husband's fascination with science?
(a) It's something that should be passed along to the children.
(b) It's never ending and productive.
(c) It's ridiculous and expensive.
(d) It's fascinating and rewarding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia leave their town?

2. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia like to study?

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

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

5. What was Jose Arcadio Buendia's previous occupation?

(see the answer key)

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