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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 is a definition for inamorata?
(a) Man who loves a woman
(b) Man whom somebody loves
(c) Woman who loves a man
(d) Woman whom somebody loves

2. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?
(a) A soldier of the civil war
(b) Ferina Daza
(c) His father
(d) A widow

3. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?
(a) He has just diarrhea
(b) He has green vomit and fainting spells
(c) He has diarrhea, green vomit and fainting spells
(d) None, he stays quite healthy

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

5. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 52
(b) 2
(c) 222
(d) 622

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assists Dr. Urbino in the courting process?

2. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?

3. How old is Fermina Daza when Florentino sees her for the first time?

4. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?

5. How long is the mule trek on which Fermina goes with her father?

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