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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Macondo's growth NOT bring to the town?
(a) Money
(b) Railroads
(c) Commerce
(d) Growth

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?

3. What does Amaranta decline to do after she accepts the proposal?

4. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula not consummate their relationship?

5. Who is the eleven-year-old girl who arrives at the Buendia house?

(see the answer key)

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