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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most wonderful of all the objects of wonder that Melqunades brings to Jose Arcadio Buendia?
(a) Fasle teeth
(b) Railroad
(c) Telephone
(d) Chalk

2. What does Arcadio do with a messenger sent by the liberal revolutionary forces?
(a) Gives him a job
(b) Locks him in prison
(c) Executes him
(d) Gives him to Remedios.

3. Why are the townspeople upset with Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?
(a) They aren't nice people.
(b) They took over a larger piece of land.
(c) They are a different race.
(d) They are distant cousins, yet got married.

4. What do Ursula and Jose Arcadio believe will happen if they have children?
(a) The child will not be smart.
(b) They will not be able to feed them.
(c) The child will grow a pig's tail or will be an iguana.
(d) They will not be able to leave the town.

5. Who vies for the love of Pietro?
(a) Rebeca and Ursula
(b) Amaranta and Remedios
(c) Rebeca and Amaranta
(d) Ursula and Amaranta

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Arcadio have a daughter with?

3. Who finally cures the plague?

4. Who is the town's magistrate?

5. When Pilar won't sleep with Arcadio, who does she send?

(see the answer key)

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