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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator?
(a) Florentino
(b) Fermina
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) The narrator is unnamed

2. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?
(a) A chessboard
(b) A letter
(c) A treasure
(d) A pet

3. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?
(a) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(b) Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino
(c) Dr. Florentino Ariza
(d) Dr. Fermina Daza

4. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?
(a) 17
(b) 16
(c) 19
(d) 18

5. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?
(a) He is upset that he could not stop his death
(b) He is offended by the secrets kept
(c) He is upset that he knew someone with a shady past
(d) He is upset that he killed himself

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?

2. Where did Dr. Urbino study?

3. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?

5. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Fermina to feel a growing rage every time she thinks of it?

2. Who takes advantage of Florentino as they are looking for the treasure?

3. What is found in the letter that Florentino finds on his stoop?

4. What business did Florentino Ariza's mother run?

5. What does Fermina begin to wonder when she sees Florentino sitting on the bench where he had once courted her?

6. What is Leona Cassiani to Florentino?

7. What does Florentino document in twenty-five notebooks?

8. How long is forever in Florentino's world?

9. What is the overriding theme of this novel?

10. Why did Dr. Urbino decide to marry Fermina?

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