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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to the river and drowns, quite unexpectedly?
(a) Melqunades
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Aureliano
(d) Jose Arcadio

2. When Pilar won't sleep with Arcadio, who does she send?
(a) Rebeca
(b) Amaranta
(c) Santa Sofia de la Piedad
(d) Ursula

3. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do that his intimates tell him not to do?
(a) Meet with someone in the middle of the night.
(b) Sign a request to give up control.
(c) Drink a cup of water.
(d) Dance with a young girl

4. What does Pilar Ternera tell Jose Arcadio?
(a) That he will die soon.
(b) That he will be a father shortly.
(c) That he will rule the town.
(d) That he will never be rich.

5. How long do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia wander across the mountains?
(a) 26 weeks
(b) 26 minutes
(c) 26 months
(d) 26 days

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was facing the firing squad "many years later"?

2. What happens when Amaranta rejects Pietro?

3. Who tries, though unsuccessfully, to court Amaranta?

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

5. What happens when Rebeca gives into desire?

(see the answer key)

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