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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?
(a) Lovesickness
(b) Rejection
(c) Physical illness
(d) Laziness

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

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

4. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Hurricane
(b) Torrential rain
(c) Drought
(d) Winds

5. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?
(a) To become a happier person
(b) To avoid suffering the ravages of old age
(c) Because he was disabled
(d) To please his lover

6. 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?
(a) Harbor
(b) Protection
(c) Retreat
(d) Asylum

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

8. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Lorenzo
(b) Fermina
(c) Transito
(d) Don Pius

9. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?
(a) He was impotent
(b) He was afraid of women
(c) His illness prevented him from taking a mate
(d) He was saving himself for Fermina

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

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

12. Where did Dr. Urbino study?
(a) America
(b) Paris
(c) Bogota
(d) Madrid

13. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 50 years
(b) 70 years
(c) 60 years
(d) 30 years

14. What does Florentino think has cleared his mind of Fermina Daza?
(a) 622 liaisons
(b) Lack of her being in the same city
(c) Liaison with Widow Nazaret
(d) Age and wisdom

15. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?
(a) His writings and meditations
(b) Passionate letters to Fermina
(c) His lovers
(d) All of the letters Fermina has written to him over the years

Short Answer Questions

1. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?

2. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?

3. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?

4. How do you think Dr. Urbino felt about Paris?

5. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?

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