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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 best describes how Fermina felt about married life and motherhood?
(a) No depth of satisfaction
(b) Extreme satisfaction
(c) Excitement
(d) Anger

2. What does Florentino think has cleared his mind of Fermina Daza?
(a) Liaison with Widow Nazaret
(b) Age and wisdom
(c) Lack of her being in the same city
(d) 622 liaisons

3. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) They played chess
(b) He bought art from him
(c) He photographed him
(d) They were lovers

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

5. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?
(a) New ladder which will reach the parrot
(b) A willingness to do anything for him personally
(c) Rescues and emergency response
(d) New fire truck

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?

2. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for clandestine as it is used in chapter four?

4. What is the name of the narrator?

5. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?

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