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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 to Meme's lover as mentioned in #141?

2. How many people are massacred?

3. Who is juggling two women?

4. What do Meme's skills allows her to do?

5. What happens to Remedios the Beauty when she is out doing the laundry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Aureliano Segundo trying to placate in his life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The love that is described in this novel is a bit different from most readers' traditional ideas about love. It seems the family is quite hindered by their lack of ability to love. Describe three reasons why the Buendia family might have had such a hard time creating love in their lives.

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