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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 is Amaranta?
(a) She is the grandmother.
(b) She is the long lost cousin of the family.
(c) She is the third child born of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula.
(d) She is the nurse.

2. Who courts the twins?
(a) Rebeca
(b) Ursula
(c) Petra Cotes
(d) Remedios

3. How many children do Jose Arcadio and Ursula have?
(a) Two
(b) None
(c) Three
(d) One

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

5. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia do when he visits the jail?
(a) Burns the jail down
(b) Cries
(c) Helps his friend escape
(d) Gives up his power

Short Answer Questions

1. How many illegitimate children of Colonel Aureliano Buendia are introduced to Ursula?

2. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia do when someone insults his marriage?

3. How does Ursula help to stall Rebeca's wedding?

4. Who decides to make gold fish?

5. What are the names of Santa Sofia de la Piedad's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amaranta raise her son Aureliano Jose, and why is this inappropriate?

2. When Colonel Aureliano Buendia leaves Macondo, who takes his place? Describe this leader's leadership style.

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

4. Who vies for the attention of Pietro Crespi?

5. How does the reader know that Colonel Aureliano Buendia has become distant?

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

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

8. Describe Aureliano Segundo.

9. Who does Aureliano Buendia marry?

10. What other event prevents Rebeca and Pietro's wedding from happening?

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