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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?
(a) To please his lover
(b) To become a happier person
(c) Because he was disabled
(d) To avoid suffering the ravages of old age

4. What event within the household prevents Dr. Urbino from getting his siesta?
(a) Visit from his children
(b) Death of his friend
(c) Argument with his wife
(d) Escaped family parrot

5. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?
(a) Protection
(b) Asylum
(c) Retreat
(d) Harbor

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?

2. Where did Florentino vow he will always live?

3. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?

4. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?

5. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had the woman who Florentino met on the trolley done not long before he met her?

2. What does Fermina begin to wonder when she sees Florentino sitting on the bench where he had once courted her?

3. What kinds of things does the author use to describe the depressing decline of the city where Dr. Urbino returns to after leaving Paris?

4. Where does Florentino see dead bodies?

5. Who conspired with Fermina's father to compel Fermina to marry Dr. Juvenal Urbino?

6. Who takes advantage of Florentino as they are looking for the treasure?

7. What does it mean when it is said that the man had questionable business dealings?

8. When Fermina was seventeen, what did she become in charge of?

9. Why did Fermina decide to go and live with her cousin?

10. What provides Florentino with a little hope before he resigns himself to failing at making Fermina his own?

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