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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Fermina Daza when Florentino sees her for the first time?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 14
(d) 13

2. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?
(a) Fiery
(b) Dispassionate
(c) Unfair
(d) Biased

3. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Government official
(c) Artist
(d) Photographer

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?

2. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?

3. How do you think Dr. Urbino felt about Paris?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?

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

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