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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Dr. Urbino and Fermina travel to deliver the letter from the Governor?
(a) Mule
(b) Hot air balloon
(c) Car
(d) Wagon

3. What can the aging bodies of Florentino and Fermina be seen as symbols of?
(a) A dying country
(b) Suicide
(c) Love aging
(d) Love divided

4. Which of the following is the best definition for clandestine as it is used in chapter four?
(a) Needing to be concealed or secret
(b) Serreptitious
(c) Underground and unknown
(d) Open

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Florentino from continuing to visit Fermina on a weekly basis?

2. How could Dr. Urbino diagnose what killed the many corpses they see dotting the countryside from the air?

3. What does Florentino tell his mistress he is going to do?

4. What helped Fermina through her grief?

5. To what is Florentino a patron?

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