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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wants to see better working conditions at the banana factory?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buensia
(b) Jose Arcadio Segundo
(c) Arcadio Segundo
(d) Aureliano Segundo

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

3. What happens to Arcadio after town violence erupts?
(a) He proves his innocence.
(b) He is captured and executed.
(c) He flees the town.
(d) He kills himself.

4. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia decide to do with the person in #101?
(a) Makes a public mockery of him.
(b) Forgives him.
(c) Sentences him to death.
(d) Banishes him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening with Santa Sofia de la Piedad when Arcadio is taken away?

2. What has been happening in the town for nearly five years?

3. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula not consummate their relationship?

4. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia return to Macondo to do?

5. Who is now twenty years of age without being able to take care of herself?

(see the answer key)

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