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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?
(a) Warm thoughts
(b) Hugs and relief
(c) Cold language
(d) Cold dismissal

2. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the arrangement between Dr. Urbino and Fermina while she lived with her cousin?
(a) United
(b) Estranged
(c) Alienated
(d) Separated

3. Under what circumstances does Dr. Urbino meet Fermina Daza?
(a) She calls him to treat her sick father
(b) He is called as she shows signs of cholera
(c) He treats her for a broken ankle
(d) Her father introduces them hoping they will marry

4. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?
(a) Ferina Daza
(b) His father
(c) A widow
(d) A soldier of the civil war

5. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?
(a) Stealing and prostitution
(b) Cannibalism and stealing
(c) Stealing and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(d) Cannibalism and fleeing a life sentence in prison

Short Answer Questions

1. What other event earlier in the novel lead to a disagreement with Fermina and Dr. Urbino?

2. Where do the rumors indicate that Fermina has fled when she leaves the city?

3. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?

4. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?

5. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?

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