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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many pages of love declarations has Florentino been writing to Fermina without her knowledge?
(a) 60
(b) 80
(c) 70
(d) 600

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Covered sewers
(b) Quarantining suspected cholera patients
(c) Sewage treatment facilities
(d) Separate market place from the dump

5. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Columbia
(b) Paris
(c) Hildebranda
(d) Nameless

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?

2. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?

3. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?

4. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?

5. When it is thought that Fermina has cholera, what does she indeed have?

(see the answer key)

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