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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the townspeople do when Jose Arcadio Buendia seems to go mad?
(a) They make him go to a doctor.
(b) They ask him to leave town.
(c) They burn the toys.
(d) They tie him to a chestnut tree in the courtyard.

2. What does Pietro Crespi set up when he returns to town?
(a) A church
(b) A bank
(c) A music shop
(d) A market

3. What is one of the first thing Ursula buys for her ever expanding home?
(a) A pianola
(b) A rug
(c) A new set of sheets
(d) A record player

4. Who goes to the river and drowns, quite unexpectedly?
(a) Aureliano
(b) Melqunades
(c) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(d) Jose Arcadio

5. How does Ursula help to stall Rebeca's wedding?
(a) By telling everyone that the wedding is cancelled.
(b) By killing the groom.
(c) By sleeping with the groom.
(d) By saying that the wedding will be in the unbuilt cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople do to combat this discovery?

2. What does Ursula attempt to sell with her girls?

3. Who is Aureliano passionately in love with?

4. Who does Jose Arcadio tell of his affair with Pilar Ternera?

5. Who proposes to Amaranta?

(see the answer key)

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