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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the incessant ringing of the church bells indicate?
(a) Return to homes, there is danger
(b) Someone important has died
(c) It is time for Mass
(d) Anyone has died

2. What did Florentino write on Olimpia Zuleta?
(a) This pussy is mine
(b) Florentino was here
(c) Mine
(d) All mine

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

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. Which of the following is NOT an event that Fermina regularly complains about plaguing her in chapter four?
(a) Formality of the household
(b) Mother-in-law
(c) Florentino's letters
(d) Boring routine

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Florentino continue to write to Fermina?

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

3. Which character has the more optimistic view of aging?

4. What happened to the riverbanks they saw as they sailed down the river?

5. How long has Florentino been in love with Fermina by the end of chapter five?

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