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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the first place that Fermina Daza and Florentino come face to face?
(a) Outside her school
(b) At her father's office
(c) Christmas Eve Mass
(d) A church Mass

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

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

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

5. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?
(a) Hugs and relief
(b) Warm thoughts
(c) Cold dismissal
(d) Cold language

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

7. What are the bodies which Florentino sees floating in the river victims of?
(a) Civil war only
(b) Another cause beside cholera or the civil war
(c) Cholera only
(d) Cholera and the civil war

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

9. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?
(a) Florentino's mother
(b) Florentino's uncle
(c) Fermina's aunt
(d) Fermina's sister

10. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?
(a) Fermina's cousin
(b) Fermina's uncle
(c) Florentino's uncle
(d) Florentino's cousin

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

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

13. Which fleet does Florentino hope to gather treasure and galleons from?
(a) Firma Cotta
(b) Terra Firma
(c) Terra Cotta
(d) Firma Terra

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?

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

3. How does Florentino describe brief flings?

4. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?

5. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?

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