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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jose Arcadio Buendia's previous occupation?
(a) He raised cattle.
(b) He rode bulls.
(c) He was a cockfighter.
(d) He was a farmer.

2. Who was a humane and considerate ruler of Macondo?
(a) General Jose Raquel Moncada
(b) General Jose Arcadio
(c) General Aureliano
(d) General Arcadio

3. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia do when someone insults his marriage?
(a) He runs away from the man who spoke.
(b) He laughs at the man who spoke.
(c) He threatens the man who spoke.
(d) He kills the man who spoke.

4. Who is left in charge of Macondo when the answer from #61 leaves?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(b) Aureliano
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Arcadio

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

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

7. How many illegitimate children of Colonel Aureliano Buendia are introduced to Ursula?
(a) Seventeen
(b) Sixteen
(c) Five
(d) Ten

8. What happens five months after Arcadio's execution?
(a) Santa Sofia de la Piedad remarries.
(b) Santa Sofia de la Piedad dies.
(c) Santa Sofia de la Piedad leaves town.
(d) Santa Sofia de la Piedad delivers twins.

9. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?
(a) The moon
(b) The ants
(c) Ursula
(d) Mechanical animals

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

11. Who is now twenty years of age without being able to take care of herself?
(a) Ursula
(b) Rebeca
(c) Santa Sofia de la Piedad
(d) Remedios the Beauty

12. Who does Pietro proclaim his love for?
(a) Remedios
(b) Rebeca
(c) Amaranta
(d) Ursula

13. Who is the new leader of Macondo as a result of #91?
(a) Colonel Aureliano Jose
(b) Colonel Jose
(c) Colonel Aureliano Buendia
(d) Colonel Arcadio

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

15. What happens to the solider who shoots the person in #89?
(a) He is let go.
(b) He is shot immediately.
(c) He is rewarded.
(d) He is court martialed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ursula and Jose Arcadio believe will happen if they have children?

2. What is one of the first thing Ursula buys for her ever expanding home?

3. What does Pietro Crespi set up when he returns to town?

4. Who takes in Santa Sofia de la Piedad?

5. Who does Rebeca marry?

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