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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes how Fermina Daza acted during the funeral and wake for her husband?
(a) Stoic
(b) Grief-stricken
(c) Emotional
(d) Jubilant

2. How do you think Dr. Urbino felt about Paris?
(a) Did not like it
(b) Liked it
(c) Enjoyed it but did not care to return
(d) Loved it

3. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?
(a) A willingness to do anything for him personally
(b) Rescues and emergency response
(c) New fire truck
(d) New ladder which will reach the parrot

4. Why does Florentino fear that death will end his plans to win Fermina's heart?
(a) Death always ruins the plans of love
(b) He is very ill
(c) They are both aging
(d) She is very ill

5. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Quarantining suspected cholera patients
(b) Covered sewers
(c) Sewage treatment facilities
(d) Separate market place from the dump

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?

2. How did Dr. Urbino and Fermina travel to deliver the letter from the Governor?

3. Which character has the more optimistic view of aging?

4. Which of the following best describes how Fermina felt about married life and motherhood?

5. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?

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