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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. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia invent to help with the plague?
(a) A pair of headphones to block out music
(b) A tasty meal
(c) A comfy chair
(d) A spinning dictionary

2. What causes Jose Arcadio Buendia to stop believing in God?
(a) When Ursula has a nervous breakdown.
(b) When they are asked to paint their house blue.
(c) When he prays for something and it doesn't happen.
(d) When he tries unsuccesfully to take a picture of God.

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

4. Who was facing the firing squad "many years later"?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(b) Jose Acadio
(c) Colonel Aureliano Buendia
(d) Santa Sofia de la Pietra

5. Why are the townspeople upset with Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?
(a) They are a different race.
(b) They aren't nice people.
(c) They are distant cousins, yet got married.
(d) They took over a larger piece of land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the answer in #42 left behind?

2. What does Aureliano have to wait for before he can be with the answer of #40?

3. Who does Rebeca marry?

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

5. Who raises their child in an intimate matter past a decent age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Arcadio becomes enthralled with Pilar, but since they are related, when they are supposed to meet, Pilar sends someone else in her place - who?

2. Why doesn't Colonel Aureliano Buendia die when he shoots himself through the chest?

3. What was Jose Arcadio Buendia's original profession?

4. What has Melqunades left behind after his sudden death?

5. Describe Melqunades.

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

7. What are some of the ailments of Rebeca?

8. How many illegitimate sons does Colonel Aureliano Buendia have and why?

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

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

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