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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?
(a) Pillows
(b) Wedding dress
(c) Clothing
(d) Marriage sheets

2. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Until he met Fermina
(b) Upon his eighteenth birthday
(c) Upon her death
(d) Until he started working on the riverboat

3. How does Florentino describe brief flings?
(a) Outstanding
(b) Not worthy of describing
(c) Exciting
(d) Memorable

4. Which of the following means the same as impertinence?
(a) Insolence
(b) Deference
(c) Reverence
(d) Respect

5. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?
(a) Evocative
(b) Recurring
(c) Poignant
(d) Lingering

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was obsessed with cholera?

2. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?

3. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?

4. What are the bodies which Florentino sees floating in the river victims of?

5. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?

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