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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. Who catches Damaso in the pool hall at the end of the story?

2. Where does Mina say she is going?

3. In "The Last Voyage," what was the name of the protagonist's mother's husband?

4. Who travels with Eréndira and her grandmother?

5. Who initially states that the drowned man must be named Esteban?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist of "The Last Voyage" affect the ghost ship's passage?

2. What do the birds do in "One Day After Saturday," and why?

3. Why is the senator thinking about death in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?

4. What does Nelson Farina want from the senator, and why?

5. How do the women believe Esteban's compatriots must have felt about him?

6. Summarize Big Mama's last words.

7. How did the villagers think of José Montiel, and why?

8. Explain how the narrator of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles" discovers he can perform miracles.

9. Explain how the grandmother of "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother" dies.

10. Describe José Montiel's family situation.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the plot twist in "There Are No Thieves in This Town" and how it affects the reader's experience of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Montiel's widow and Mr. Carmichael and explain how other characters in "Montiel's Widow" perceive them.

Essay Topic 3

Explain García Márquez's writing style in "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" and make a defense for it as an adequate way to convey the narrator's state of mind.

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