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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins the revolutionary forces as a result of rejection?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano Buendia
(c) Aureliano Jose
(d) Pietro

2. What is/are the names of Jose Arcadio and Ursula's child/children?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Jose Arcadio and Aureliano
(c) They did not have any children.
(d) Jose Arcadio, Aureliano, and Pietro

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

4. Who does Rebeca marry?
(a) Pietro
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Aureliano

5. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do when he visits the jail?
(a) Helps his friend escape
(b) Cries
(c) Burns the jail down
(d) Gives up his power

6. Who becomes lazy and dissipated and plays the accordion?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano Segundo
(c) Aureliano
(d) Jose Arcadio Segundo

7. Who begins to find Jose Arcadio irresistible?
(a) Rebeca
(b) Pilar
(c) Ursula
(d) Amaranta

8. What happens to Arcadio after town violence erupts?
(a) He proves his innocence.
(b) He is captured and executed.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He flees the town.

9. What do the soldiers do when the execution is interrupted?
(a) Run away
(b) Decide to join the liberal side
(c) Miss their target
(d) Shoot Jose Arcadio

10. Who is the Parisian woman who is taken in married by Aureliano Segundo?
(a) Rosalie
(b) Julienne la Femme
(c) Fernanda del Carpio
(d) Sophie de Rosa

11. What is happening with Santa Sofia de la Piedad when Arcadio is taken away?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is leaving town.
(c) She is pregnant again.
(d) She is with another man.

12. What does Amaranta decline to do after she accepts the proposal?
(a) Stay in town
(b) Tell others.
(c) Set a marriage date
(d) Be with this groom.

13. Who finally cures the plague?
(a) Ursula
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Melquanades
(d) Rebeca

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

15. What is painted on the chest of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?
(a) An iodine circle over the exact position of his heart
(b) A war symbol
(c) A peace symbol
(d) His initials

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do once he begins to lose his warmth and his vigor, and after he makes a deal to kill another rival leader?

2. Who does Arcadio transfer land grants to?

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

4. Who is finally married?

5. How many children do Jose Arcadio and Ursula have?

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