No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories Quiz

Gabriel García Márquez

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

No One Writes to the Colonel, Part 1

No One Writes to the Colonel, Part 2

No One Writes to the Colonel, Part 3

No One Writes to the Colonel, Part 4

Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 1

Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 2

Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 3

Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 4

Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 5

Big Mama's Funeral, Part 6

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No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories Quiz

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories Quiz

In this section, the young man who repaired the clock tells the colonel that there will be a bill for the completed work once the rooster has won the cockfight. What incident, earlier in the narrative, does this moment echo? (from No One Writes to the Colonel, Part 2)

Domaso's decision to return the billiard balls echoes the actions of which character in an earlier story, and why? (from Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 2)

"Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon" - Who is Doctor Giraldo? (from Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 3)

"Montiel's Widow" - What is the most likely reason that none of the Montiels' children came to their father's funeral? (from Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 3)

Father Anthony Isabel's surging obsession with "The Wandering Jew" can be seen as paralleling the experience of which character earlier in the collection who also experienced obsessive hope? (from Big Mama’s Funeral, Part 4)