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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. Who dies on Good Friday?

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

3. What happens to Jose Arcadio Segundo?

4. What happens to the boy that appeared to be missing?

5. Who does not like Fernanda del Carpio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When does Amaranta believe she will die?

7. Who is the woman that Aureliano Segundo finally chooses?

8. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the parchment so important for the characters in the book? What makes this parchment something important to the family? What happens when the parchment is finally deciphered? Who is the one who deciphers it? Why is it so important that this character be the one who deciphers the parchment?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

For many characters in the book, they learn of their fate long before the fate comes to pass. Give three examples of how this has happened to characters in the novel, including a full description of the foreshadowing, the way the character reacted, and whether the fate came true.

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