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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the first place that Fermina Daza and Florentino come face to face?
(a) Outside her school
(b) At her father's office
(c) Christmas Eve Mass
(d) A church Mass

3. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?
(a) Having sex with Florentino
(b) Agreeing to marry before she is of age
(c) Writing love notes to Florentino
(d) Not completing her work

4. How old is Fermina Daza when Dr. Urbino meets her?
(a) 18
(b) 13
(c) 30
(d) 20

5. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?
(a) To fight in the civil war
(b) To a writing retreat
(c) On a river voyage to take up a post in the mountains
(d) To become the captain of his uncle's river boat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?

2. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?

3. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?

4. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?

5. How does Florentino describe brief flings?

(see the answer key)

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