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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 a synonym for paramour?
(a) Lover
(b) Friend
(c) Husband
(d) Wife

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

3. 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 diarrhea, green vomit and fainting spells
(d) He has green vomit and fainting spells

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

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

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

7. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Covered sewers
(b) Quarantining suspected cholera patients
(c) Separate market place from the dump
(d) Sewage treatment facilities

8. 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

9. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?
(a) Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino
(b) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(c) Dr. Florentino Ariza
(d) Dr. Fermina Daza

10. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?
(a) To treat his wife
(b) To play chess
(c) To certify his death
(d) To treat him for an illness

11. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 80
(b) 96
(c) 55
(d) 76

12. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?
(a) A soldier of the civil war
(b) A widow
(c) Ferina Daza
(d) His father

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

14. Why did Dr. Urbino's death cause much grief and an official time of mourning?
(a) Because of who his wife was
(b) Because of the events of his life
(c) Because of his standing in the community
(d) Because of the way he died

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?

2. What does Florentino think has cleared his mind of Fermina Daza?

3. Where does the sewage from the city drain?

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

5. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?

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