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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the sewage from the city drain?
(a) Into the marketplace
(b) Into the water supply
(c) Into the river
(d) Into the city streets

2. What are missives?
(a) Diseases
(b) Missiles
(c) Mantras
(d) Letters

3. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?
(a) Broken ankle
(b) Intestinal unpleasantness
(c) Cholera
(d) Broken spine

4. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?
(a) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(b) His lover and caretaker
(c) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his dog
(d) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his cat

5. What helped Fermina through her grief?
(a) Florentino's love
(b) Florentino's lectures
(c) Florentino's mediations
(d) Florentino's presence

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?

2. When Florentino sees Fermina for the first time after her return, he is surprised to see that she is not ____________________.

3. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?

4. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?

5. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?

(see the answer key)

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