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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes how Fermina Daza acted during the funeral and wake for her husband?
(a) Jubilant
(b) Grief-stricken
(c) Stoic
(d) Emotional

2. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?
(a) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his dog
(b) His lover and caretaker
(c) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his cat
(d) Dr. Juvenal Urbino

3. Why did his lover help him?
(a) Because she wanted him dead
(b) Because she loved him
(c) Because he begged her
(d) Because he forced her

4. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 80
(b) 76
(c) 55
(d) 96

5. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?
(a) Gunshot
(b) Overdose of medication
(c) Gold cyanide
(d) Hanging

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?

2. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?

3. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?

4. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paradoxically as used to describe the narrator's telling of the trivial matters of domestic life that nearly caused the strong bond between husband and wife to disintegrate?

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