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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?
(a) Texting
(b) Letters
(c) Telephone
(d) Telegraph

2. Why did Dr. Urbino's death cause much grief and an official time of mourning?
(a) Because of his standing in the community
(b) Because of the way he died
(c) Because of the events of his life
(d) Because of who his wife was

3. Of what did Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino die?
(a) Suicide
(b) Civil war
(c) Falling from a ladder
(d) Cholera

4. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?
(a) Gold anniversary gala for a former student
(b) Gold Mass for a friend
(c) Silver Mass for a friend
(d) Silver anniversary gala for a former student

5. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) He photographed him
(b) He bought art from him
(c) They played chess
(d) They were lovers

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many years were Fermina and Dr. Urbino married when the soap in the bathroom incident occurred?

4. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?

5. What is the name of the narrator?

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