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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a type of communication Florentino and Fermina shared during their two year correspondence?
(a) Romantic
(b) Poetic
(c) Verbal
(d) Short and simple

2. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?
(a) Pillows
(b) Wedding dress
(c) Marriage sheets
(d) Clothing

3. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?
(a) All of his gifts
(b) All of his letters
(c) Everything he had sent her
(d) Dried flowers

4. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?
(a) Fermina's cousin
(b) Fermina's friend
(c) Florentino's lover
(d) Florentino's cousin

5. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) They begin to include many errors
(b) He plays them out of tune
(c) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(d) He plays them at a much more rapid pace

6. How old is Fermina Daza when Florentino sees her for the first time?
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 13

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

8. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?
(a) Texting
(b) Telephone
(c) Telegraph
(d) Letters

9. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) None
(b) Verbal and physical
(c) Verbal only
(d) Physical only

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

11. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?
(a) Man whom somebody loves
(b) Man who loves a woman
(c) Woman who loves a man
(d) Woman whom somebody loves

12. Who assists Dr. Urbino in the courting process?
(a) Widow Nazaret
(b) Florentino
(c) Lorenzo Daza
(d) Marco Aurelio Urbino

13. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?
(a) Unfair
(b) Fiery
(c) Dispassionate
(d) Biased

14. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?
(a) Photographer
(b) Doctor
(c) Government official
(d) Artist

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Florentino's father help to found?

2. 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?

3. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?

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

5. Where does the sewage from the city drain?

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