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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most wonderful of all the objects of wonder that Melqunades brings to Jose Arcadio Buendia?
(a) Fasle teeth
(b) Telephone
(c) Chalk
(d) Railroad

2. When the town becomes infected with insomnia, what do they discover?
(a) They don't feel like eating.
(b) They cannot hold onto their memories.
(c) They only want to dance.
(d) They can't stand up straight.

3. Where did Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula originally live?
(a) Rio de Janeiro
(b) Moorata
(c) Riohacha
(d) Robato

4. Why are the townspeople upset with Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?
(a) They are a different race.
(b) They aren't nice people.
(c) They are distant cousins, yet got married.
(d) They took over a larger piece of land.

5. What does Ursula attempt to sell with her girls?
(a) Breads
(b) Fruit pies
(c) Candles
(d) Animal shaped candies

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula use to cure Rebeca?

2. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia do when someone insults his marriage?

3. Who does Jose Arcadio tell of his affair with Pilar Ternera?

4. Who is the first unofficial mayor of Macondo?

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

(see the answer key)

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