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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Florentino have a private room where he spends his time while waiting for Fermina to return?
(a) His uncle's business
(b) His own home
(c) A brothel
(d) His mother's house

2. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the arrangement between Dr. Urbino and Fermina while she lived with her cousin?
(a) Estranged
(b) United
(c) Separated
(d) Alienated

3. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?
(a) Criminal
(b) Without reproach
(c) Questionable
(d) Ethical

4. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?
(a) She will support him
(b) She will forget about Florentino
(c) She will take over his business
(d) She will become a woman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Florentino see Fermina after she has returned from living with her cousin for two years?

2. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?

3. 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"?

4. How old is Fermina Daza when Dr. Urbino meets her?

5. 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?

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