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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 does the traveler in #128 return to build?

2. What does Aureliano Segundo do with his wealth?

3. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her boy?

4. Where is Meme take by Fernanda del Carpio?

5. What happens to Meme's lover as mentioned in #141?

Short Essay Questions

1. What continues to occur for five long years in Macondo?

2. What does Aureliano Segundo do because Fernanda is impossible to live with?

3. Who is Aureliano Segundo trying to placate in his life?

4. When Amaranta Ursula returns to Macondo, who does she bring with her?

5. Who is the stranger who arrives at the door?

6. What are some of the signs that Macondo is becoming more modern?

7. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

8. What are some of the odd behaviors of Remedios the Beauty?

9. Who is helping to pay for the essentials (e.g., food) for Fernanda?

10. Why does Santa Sofia de la Piedad just walk away one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The weather is another strong theme in this book, often changing along with the events in the story. Give specific examples of different weather patterns in this book as well as related examples of how the story is mirroring the weather, and vice versa.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the presence of solitude in this story. How does it affect the lives of each generation? How does this solitude affect the physical health of the characters? How does it affect the mental health of the characters? Cite at least two characters as an example of each.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in this book take on lovers to help them with their loneliness, it seems. Describe the necessity of Pilar, Remedios the Beauty, Santa Sofia de la Piedad, and other women in the novel. What do they give to the lovers they take? What do these relationships take away from those who are in them?

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