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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aureliano Segundo do with his wealth?
(a) Through extravagant parties
(b) Donate it to charity
(c) Hide it
(d) Give it to leaders

2. What describes Fernanda del Carpio's family?
(a) Famous
(b) Destitute
(c) Rich
(d) Deceased

3. What is Fernanda del Carpio's daughter's name?
(a) Rebeca
(b) Marta
(c) Julia
(d) Meme

4. How old is Ursula's house at this point of the story?
(a) Less than 100 years old
(b) 50 years old, exactly
(c) It's brand new
(d) Over 100 years old

5. Who is the traveler that prowls around Macondo, investigating insects and bananas?
(a) Mrs. Price
(b) Mr. Hill
(c) Mr. Herbert
(d) Mr. Smithly

6. Why does Amaranta Ursula not realize her heritage?
(a) The parchment says otherwise.
(b) A priest tells her she was named after a street.
(c) Her lover tells her the history of the Buendia family.
(d) A dream tells her that she is not related to her lover.

7. How many people are massacred?
(a) 3,000
(b) 300
(c) 1,000
(d) 30

8. When does this event that Amaranta envisions in #143 happen?
(a) When she is out late at night
(b) When she is crossing the street
(c) When she is walking toward the banana factory
(d) When she is finishing her funeral shroud

9. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her boy?
(a) He has a pig's tail.
(b) He dies in birth.
(c) He is an iguana.
(d) He is born healthy.

10. What helps increase the modernization of Macondo?
(a) A shopping mall
(b) A new leader
(c) A railroad
(d) An airport

11. What is NOT a result of the event in #151?
(a) Insects
(b) Dust storms
(c) Flooding
(d) Humidity

12. What does the builder of the answer in #129 do to Jose Arcadio's grave?
(a) Burns it
(b) Moves it
(c) Erects a fortress of concrete
(d) Spits on it

13. What does the banana factory do to lure workers for the massacre?
(a) Tells them they have a gift for them.
(b) Tells them they will hold their pay
(c) Tells them that they need to come for additional work
(d) Tells them to gather for an important address

14. Who likes to bathe a lot and walk around nude?
(a) Ursula
(b) Fernanda del Carpio
(c) Remedios the Beauty
(d) Rebeca

15. Who is the stranger that arrives at the door?
(a) Aureliano Amador
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Aureliano Segundo

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fernanda del Carpio accept the marriage proposal from Aureliano Segundo?

2. What do Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes do to make money?

3. Who does Aureliano meet outside of the home?

4. Who is murdered by several youths who he offended?

5. What does Gaston do when he realizes that Amaranta Ursula will never tire of Macondo?

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