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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) Overdose of medication
(b) Hanging
(c) Gold cyanide
(d) Gunshot

2. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?
(a) A pet
(b) A chessboard
(c) A letter
(d) A treasure

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

4. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?
(a) Riverboat driver
(b) Post office master general
(c) Riverboat trash collector
(d) Post office delivery

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?

3. What is the name of the narrator?

4. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?

5. Where did Dr. Urbino study?

(see the answer key)

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