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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 is described in "The Other Side of Death" as having "blue octopuses"?

2. What is the protagonist in "Dialogue with the Mirror" thinking about in the first paragraph?

3. What does the Mayor get rid of in "One of These Days"?

4. Where does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" imagine having a tumor?

5. What does the girl in "Tuesday Siesta" not have for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. As mentioned in "The Other Side of Death," explain the barber's role in the funeral preparations.

2. Describe the living arrangements of the protagonist of "Dialogue with the Mirror."

3. Why does the narrator of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" want roses, and how does he get them?

4. Describe the events leading to Nabo's death in "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait."

5. Describe the protagonist's brother's death in "The Other Side of Death."

6. How would strangers feel about the protagonist of "The Third Resignation," according to his mother's feeling? Explain.

7. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

8. Explain Eva's relationship to her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat."

9. At what point do the characters in "Monologue" start to pray, and why?

10. Describe the setting at the end of "Eva."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the heroism of Nabo and another character.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze García Márquez's use of non-visual imagery in "Night of the Curlews."

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of women in García Márquez's literary world.

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