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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Florentino a patron?
(a) Riverboat company
(b) Brothels
(c) Cultural events
(d) Dr. Urbino

2. What is meant by the term cultivates as used in chapter five?
(a) To work land or prepare soil for growing crops
(b) To break up soil with a toll or machine
(c) To develop acquaintance with somebody
(d) To improve or develop something

3. Which of the following does Florentino tell her to think of love as?
(a) Forever
(b) A beginning
(c) An end in itself
(d) The ultimate happiness

4. Which of the following descriptions best describes how Fermina's daughter feels about her relationship with Florentino?
(a) Ridiculous
(b) Inspiring
(c) Harmless
(d) Revolting

5. What makes Florentino have to request a different day to meet Fermina?
(a) Fermina's attitude toward him
(b) Cholera
(c) Diarrhea
(d) Fermina's children

6. At what event do Fermina and Florentino next meet face to face?
(a) In Fermina's home
(b) Two days after the anniversary Mass for Dr. Urbino's death
(c) Market Place
(d) One-year anniversary Mass for Dr. Urbino's death

7. Which of the following is something Fermina did NOT burn?
(a) Furniture
(b) Suits
(c) Fires
(d) Letters from Florentino

8. Which of the following events does NOT make Fermina more lost to Florentino than she had ever been according to Florentino?
(a) Married
(b) Pregnant
(c) Rejecting him
(d) Interested in him

9. What color would the flag ships fly to indicate someone on board suffered from cholera?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) White
(d) Black

10. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?
(a) Sanchez
(b) Florentino
(c) Marquez
(d) De Saint-Amour

11. Whom does Fermina banish from her life?
(a) Her daughter
(b) Florentino
(c) Her son
(d) Her husband

12. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the arrangement between Dr. Urbino and Fermina while she lived with her cousin?
(a) Estranged
(b) United
(c) Alienated
(d) Separated

13. What prevents Florentino from continuing to visit Fermina on a weekly basis?
(a) Fermina's children
(b) Fermina herself
(c) Broken ankle
(d) Broken leg

14. How many children did Fermina have?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 0

15. How does Fermina feel as she thinks about Florentino's announcement at the vigil for Dr. Urbino?
(a) Rage
(b) Longing
(c) Sadness
(d) Relief

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lovers is Florentino left with at the time Dr. Urbino dies?

2. Which character in the story felt that old age held no promise and no joy?

3. From which medical condition did Florentino suffer in this chapter?

4. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?

5. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?

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