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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jose Arcadio tell of his affair with Pilar Ternera?
(a) His father Jose Arcadio Buendia.
(b) His mother Ursula
(c) No one.
(d) His younger brother Aureliano.

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

3. Who seizes Macondo again?
(a) Conservative revolutionaries
(b) Gypsies
(c) No one
(d) Liberal revolutionaries

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Moncada's widow doesn't let Colonel Aureliano Buendia in the door, what does he do?

2. Who is Amaranta?

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

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

5. Who leaves Macondo to join the revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pietro Crespi a master at doing?

2. When Jose Arcadio Buendia becomes obsessed with mechanical animals, what do Aureliano and some townspeople do?

3. Describe Jose Arcadio Segundo.

4. What are some of the ailments of Rebeca?

5. Where has Jose Arcadio been? And how can he be described?

6. What does Don Apolinar Moscote, a magistrate from the distant government, require that Ursula do for her home, but she then ignores the ruling?

7. How many children does Santa Sofia de la Piedad have? And what are their names?

8. What is so extraordinary about Jose Arcadio's anatomy, so much so that he gets the attention of many gypsies and even terrifies his own mother?

9. What happens when Gerineldo Mbrquez disagrees with the decision of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?

10. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do with his newfound solitude?

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