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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Upon her death
(b) Until he met Fermina
(c) Upon his eighteenth birthday
(d) Until he started working on the riverboat

3. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?
(a) Ethical
(b) Questionable
(c) Criminal
(d) Without reproach

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

5. Which of the following characters was obsessed with cholera?
(a) Fermina
(b) Dr. Urbino
(c) Transito Ariza
(d) Florentino

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?

2. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?

3. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?

4. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?

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

(see the answer key)

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