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

2. The eldest daughter of Fernanda Del Carpio takes up the __________?

3. Whose wealth washes away?

4. After many days of consumption, who seems to be dying, yet recovers completely?

5. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Amaranta believe she will die?

3. What are some of the odd behaviors of Remedios the Beauty?

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

5. What continues to occur for five long years in Macondo?

6. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the climax of the banana factor massacre. What does this have to say about organized business? What does this have to say about someone coming into an isolated setting? Is this a metaphor for a larger issue that the family has to contend with?

Essay Topic 2

Some readers find it confusing that this novel isn't told in chronological order. But could the story work any other way? Why does the refusal to stick to a straight timeline help the story be more accessible and more entertaining for the reader? Or would a chronological timeline be a stronger choice?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in this book take on lovers to help them with their loneliness, it seems. Describe the necessity of Pilar, Remedios the Beauty, Santa Sofia de la Piedad, and other women in the novel. What do they give to the lovers they take? What do these relationships take away from those who are in them?

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