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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her boy?

2. Who does not like Fernanda del Carpio?

3. When does this event that Amaranta envisions in #143 happen?

4. Who dies, and is left dressed as a queen in repose?

5. Who is the traveler that prowls around Macondo, investigating insects and bananas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the banana company do when people begin to complain of unfair working conditions?

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

4. When Amaranta Ursula returns to Macondo, who does she bring with her?

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

6. Who is the woman that Aureliano Segundo finally chooses?

7. What does Meme do after her lover Mauricio Babilonia is shot and killed?

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

9. What does Aureliano Segundo do because Fernanda is impossible to live with?

10. Why does Meme play the clavichord?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The town of Macondo changes throughout the course of the novel - describe the life cycle of this town from its beginnings, changes, and to its eventual end. Why do these changes make sense for the novel and for the town itself?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the presence of solitude in this story. How does it affect the lives of each generation? How does this solitude affect the physical health of the characters? How does it affect the mental health of the characters? Cite at least two characters as an example of each.

Essay Topic 3

Why is the parchment so important for the characters in the book? What makes this parchment something important to the family? What happens when the parchment is finally deciphered? Who is the one who deciphers it? Why is it so important that this character be the one who deciphers the parchment?

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