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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. The eldest daughter of Fernanda Del Carpio takes up the __________?
(a) Guitar
(b) Clavichord
(c) Piano
(d) Flute

2. Who does Amaranta Ursula return to the house with?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano
(c) Pietro
(d) Gaston, her Belgian husband

3. Since Fernanda del Carpio isn't always open to the sexual advances of Aureliano Segundo, where does he go?
(a) To Ursula
(b) To Petra Cotes
(c) To Remedios
(d) To Pilar

4. Who does Meme meet and begin to have an affair with?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Mauricio Babilonia
(c) Arcadio Jose
(d) Aureliano Arcadio

5. Who does not like Fernanda del Carpio?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(b) Amaranta
(c) Jose Arcadio
(d) Ursula

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Aureliano and Amaranta Ursula?

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

3. What happens to Jose Arcadio Segundo?

4. Who is locked in the laboratory?

5. Why does Meme continue to play her instrument even though she doesn't enjoy it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Santa Sofia de la Piedad just walk away one day?

2. Who is the stranger who arrives at the door?

3. When the child is missing from his crib, what has happened to the child?

4. Why does Meme play the clavichord?

5. Who is helping to pay for the essentials (e.g., food) for Fernanda?

6. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

7. What is Jose Arcadio Segundo doing as he's locked in the laboratory?

8. What are some of the signs that Macondo is becoming more modern?

9. What devastation does the five-year-long event cause?

10. What is the secret that Aureliano Amador doesn't know about Amaranta Ursula?

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