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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?
(a) Very well, I will marry you if you promise to be faithful
(b) Very well, I will marry you if you promise me everlasting love
(c) Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggs
(d) Very, well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant

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

4. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Hildebranda
(b) Columbia
(c) Nameless
(d) Paris

5. Of what did Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino die?
(a) Falling from a ladder
(b) Suicide
(c) Civil war
(d) Cholera

6. How old is Fermina Daza when Dr. Urbino meets her?
(a) 13
(b) 30
(c) 18
(d) 20

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

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

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

10. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?
(a) Omniscient
(b) Omnithought
(c) Omnipotent
(d) Omnipresent

11. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 2
(b) 222
(c) 622
(d) 52

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?

3. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?

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

5. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?

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