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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?
(a) Pigeons
(b) Ravens
(c) Eagles
(d) Vultures

2. What business did Florentino's father help to found?
(a) River Company of the Caribbean
(b) Riverboat Incorporated
(c) Riverboat Company of Columbia
(d) River Company of Columbia

3. 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?
(a) Retreat
(b) Protection
(c) Harbor
(d) Asylum

4. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?
(a) Civil War
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Cholera
(d) AIDS

5. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?
(a) Letters
(b) Telephone
(c) Texting
(d) Telegraph

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is thought that Fermina has cholera, what does she indeed have?

2. Which of the following means the same as impertinence?

3. Where is Florentino when the church bells toll indicating Dr. Urbino is dead?

4. Which character has the more optimistic view of aging?

5. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?

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