View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Fermina
(b) Don Pius
(c) Transito
(d) Lorenzo

2. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?
(a) Public health measures
(b) Sewage treatment facilities
(c) Vaccinations
(d) Sanitized water

3. Which of the following characters was obsessed with cholera?
(a) Fermina
(b) Transito Ariza
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Florentino

4. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?
(a) Passionate letters to Fermina
(b) His writings and meditations
(c) His lovers
(d) All of the letters Fermina has written to him over the years

5. 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?
(a) Retreat
(b) Asylum
(c) Harbor
(d) Protection

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?

3. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?

4. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?

5. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 260 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample