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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?
(a) Riverboat driver
(b) Post office delivery
(c) Post office master general
(d) Riverboat trash collector

3. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?
(a) He does not approve of the marriage
(b) He wants to spend time with his daughter before she is married
(c) He wants to get to know Florentino
(d) He wants to give her one last adventure before she marries

4. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?
(a) To fight in the civil war
(b) On a river voyage to take up a post in the mountains
(c) To a writing retreat
(d) To become the captain of his uncle's river boat

5. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?
(a) Had to move out of the bedroom
(b) Fermina moved out of the bedroom
(c) Had to move out of the house
(d) Fermina left the house

6. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?
(a) He has just diarrhea
(b) None, he stays quite healthy
(c) He has green vomit and fainting spells
(d) He has diarrhea, green vomit and fainting spells

7. How does Florentino describe brief flings?
(a) Exciting
(b) Outstanding
(c) Memorable
(d) Not worthy of describing

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

9. What did de Saint-Amour vow to do when he reached the age of sixty?
(a) Divorce his wife
(b) Take his own life
(c) Marry a new woman
(d) Take a lover

10. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?
(a) She will support him
(b) She will take over his business
(c) She will become a woman
(d) She will forget about Florentino

11. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?
(a) Sophisticated
(b) Insular
(c) Mixed
(d) International

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

13. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?
(a) Vultures
(b) Pigeons
(c) Eagles
(d) Ravens

14. What is the name of the narrator?
(a) Fermina
(b) Florentino
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) The narrator is unnamed

15. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 70
(b) 90
(c) 80
(d) 60

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?

2. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?

3. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?

4. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?

5. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?

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