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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally gives in and ends the estrangement of Fermina living with her cousin?
(a) Fermina
(b) Hildebranda Sanchez
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Florentino

2. For how long does Florentino suffer before he finds a letter from Fermina on his stoop?
(a) 1 week
(b) 2 weeks
(c) 4 weeks
(d) 3 weeks

3. Which of the following is an antonym for steadfast as it is used in chapter four?
(a) Inconstant
(b) Unwavering
(c) Firm
(d) Reliable

4. What is Florentino's first position at the riverboat company?
(a) Trash collector
(b) Writing business letters for his uncle
(c) Ownder of the company
(d) Captain of the river boat

5. How many publishers expressed an interest in publishing Florentino's book, which he entitled A Lover's Companion?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 0

6. Fermina's miserable feelings leads her to ask for what?
(a) A divorce
(b) Another child
(c) A liaison with Florention
(d) A second honeymoon

7. What were Dr. Urbino and Fermina celebrating at the beginning of chapter five?
(a) Beginning of a new decade
(b) Anniversary
(c) Beginning of a new century
(d) Being in love

8. Where does Florentino see Fermina after she has returned from living with her cousin for two years?
(a) Marketplace
(b) Riverboat
(c) Outdoor theater
(d) Her home

9. Which of the following means the same as mortal as it is used in this chapter?
(a) Deadly
(b) Worldly
(c) Human Being
(d) Earthly

10. Where is Florentino when the church bells toll indicating Dr. Urbino is dead?
(a) At Fermina's home
(b) Driving the riverboat
(c) At home in bed with America
(d) In a private cabin behind the riverboat company

11. Which of the following best describes how Fermina felt about married life and motherhood?
(a) Extreme satisfaction
(b) Excitement
(c) No depth of satisfaction
(d) Anger

12. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?
(a) Eternal fidelity and everlasting love
(b) Eternal love and everlasting fidelity
(c) Eternal love and everlasting sex
(d) Love and sexual adventures

13. Where does Fermina spy Florentino sitting in chapter four?
(a) In the marketplace
(b) On the bench where he sat when he courted her
(c) At the riverboat company
(d) At the poetic festival

14. What does the term disfigured mean?
(a) To stain
(b) To mar the appearance of someone
(c) Unspoiled
(d) To enhance the appearance of someone

15. From which medical condition did Florentino suffer in this chapter?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Impotence
(c) Cholera
(d) Broken arm

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was the captain of the boat on which Florentino and Fermina sailed?

2. What does the term aplomb mean?

3. What did Florentino write on Olimpia Zuleta?

4. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?

5. What are missives?

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