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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?
(a) Private school
(b) No school
(c) Public school
(d) All girls school

2. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?
(a) Lingering
(b) Evocative
(c) Poignant
(d) Recurring

3. What business did Florentino's father help to found?
(a) River Company of the Caribbean
(b) River Company of Columbia
(c) Riverboat Incorporated
(d) Riverboat Company of Columbia

4. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?
(a) Fermina's friend
(b) Florentino's cousin
(c) Fermina's cousin
(d) Florentino's lover

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Florentino describe brief flings?

2. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?

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

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

5. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?

(see the answer key)

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