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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ursula use to cure Rebeca?
(a) Rhubarb soaked in orange juice
(b) Lemon tea
(c) Beets
(d) Poultices.

3. Who tries, though unsuccessfully, to court Amaranta?
(a) Aureliano
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Gerineldo Marquez

4. Who begins to squander his wealth?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(b) Jose Arcadio Segundo
(c) Aureliano Segundo
(d) Jose Aureliano

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

6. Who is finally married?
(a) Pietro and Rebeca
(b) Pietro and Amaranta
(c) Aureliano Buendia and Remedios Moscote
(d) Ursula and Aureliano

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

8. Who needs a ten foot circle drawn around him?
(a) Colonel Aureliano Buendia
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Aureliano
(d) Colonel Moncada

9. Who is outraged by the inbreeding and young marriages?
(a) Father Nicanor
(b) Aureliano
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Jose Arcadio Buendia

10. What is one of the first thing Ursula buys for her ever expanding home?
(a) A pianola
(b) A rug
(c) A record player
(d) A new set of sheets

11. Who is the town's magistrate?
(a) Arcadio
(b) Ursula
(c) Pietro
(d) Jose Arcadio

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

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

14. What do the townspeople do to combat this discovery?
(a) They eat only sweets.
(b) They close their eyes.
(c) They forced each other to sit down.
(d) They write the names of things on the items themselves.

15. Who is a witness to a military executions that then scars him for life?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano Segundo
(c) Jose Arcadio Segundo
(d) Aureliano

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?

2. What do the townspeople do when Jose Arcadio Buendia seems to go mad?

3. What does Aureliano do when he heads about the conservatives?

4. What happens when Rebeca gives into desire?

5. Who tries to prevent the killing of the answer in #93?

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