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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?
(a) Ferina Daza
(b) A widow
(c) A soldier of the civil war
(d) His father

3. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?
(a) Telephone
(b) Telegraph
(c) Texting
(d) Letters

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

5. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Drought
(b) Winds
(c) Hurricane
(d) Torrential rain

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

7. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?
(a) Fermina's uncle
(b) Florentino's uncle
(c) Florentino's cousin
(d) Fermina's cousin

8. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) He photographed him
(b) They played chess
(c) They were lovers
(d) He bought art from him

9. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?
(a) Florentino's cousin
(b) Fermina's friend
(c) Fermina's cousin
(d) Florentino's lover

10. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?
(a) Rejuvenated and happy
(b) Convinced his days are at an end
(c) Angry at his former friend and chessmate
(d) Upset that his parrot has not been found

11. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) Verbal and physical
(b) Verbal only
(c) None
(d) Physical only

12. How does Florentino describe brief flings?
(a) Exciting
(b) Memorable
(c) Not worthy of describing
(d) Outstanding

13. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?
(a) Riverboat trash collector
(b) Post office master general
(c) Riverboat driver
(d) Post office delivery

14. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?
(a) On a river voyage to take up a post in the mountains
(b) To become the captain of his uncle's river boat
(c) To a writing retreat
(d) To fight in the civil war

15. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?
(a) Voluntary
(b) Rape
(c) Consensual
(d) Unwilling but persuaded

Short Answer Questions

1. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?

2. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?

3. How long is the mule trek on which Fermina goes with her father?

4. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?

5. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?

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