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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) Firma Terra
(b) Terra Cotta
(c) Terra Firma
(d) Firma Cotta

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

3. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) He plays them at a much more rapid pace
(b) He plays them out of tune
(c) They begin to include many errors
(d) They begin to sound more like love waltzes

4. When it is thought that Fermina has cholera, what does she indeed have?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) She is pregnant
(c) Intestinal infection
(d) Cholera

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?

2. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?

3. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?

4. 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?

5. Where did Florentino vow he will always live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise does Fermina insist be part of the bargain as she agrees to marry Florentino?

2. Who does Florentino like to imagine has stolen his virginity?

3. What disease does Florentino's mother first think he has?

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

5. How does the author describe the feelings of Dr. Urbino's presence that Fermina has?

6. What is found in the letter that Florentino finds on his stoop?

7. For what were all of Florentino's brothers named?

8. What does Florentino's uncle claim there must be in order for there to be love?

9. Name three ways that Florentino cultivates the fourteen-year-old school girl he takes as his lover.

10. How does Dr. Urbino die?

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