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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Fermina
(b) Don Pius
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Transito

2. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?
(a) Fermina left the house
(b) Fermina moved out of the bedroom
(c) Had to move out of the bedroom
(d) Had to move out of the house

3. Where is the first place that Fermina Daza and Florentino come face to face?
(a) Christmas Eve Mass
(b) Outside her school
(c) A church Mass
(d) At her father's office

4. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?
(a) 51
(b) 50
(c) 49
(d) 55

5. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?
(a) All of his letters
(b) All of his gifts
(c) Everything he had sent her
(d) Dried flowers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?

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

3. What event within the household prevents Dr. Urbino from getting his siesta?

4. Why did his lover help him?

5. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?

(see the answer key)

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