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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 Amaranta see a vision of?

2. What does Amaranta Ursula do when Gaston writes of his return to the town?

3. Who gives the person in #154 a long monologue of grief?

4. Who is the traveler that prowls around Macondo, investigating insects and bananas?

5. What does Aureliano Segundo do in his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her child?

3. When the child is missing from his crib, what has happened to the child?

4. What does Meme do after her lover Mauricio Babilonia is shot and killed?

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

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

7. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

8. What does the banana company do when people begin to complain of unfair working conditions?

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

10. What devastation does the five-year-long event cause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the banana factory affect the town? Give specific examples as to how the factory affects the town structure, the families, the women, the men, and the progress of Macondo.

Essay Topic 2

The idea of religion is not something that's overlooked in this novel. From the many spiritual advisers to the idea of alternative religions and belief systems, it seems the author is just as interested in creating confusion as he is interested in creating order. What does this novel seem to say about religion in general and its usefulness in family life, home life, and politics?

Essay Topic 3

The town of Macondo changes throughout the course of the novel - describe the life cycle of this town from its beginnings, changes, and to its eventual end. Why do these changes make sense for the novel and for the town itself?

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