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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fermina's miserable feelings leads her to ask for what?
(a) A liaison with Florention
(b) A divorce
(c) A second honeymoon
(d) Another child

2. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?
(a) A successful writer/poet
(b) A fabulous lover
(c) Rich and wealthy
(d) A personal success

3. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?
(a) Civil War
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) AIDS
(d) Cholera

4. Which event would Florentino and Dr. Urbino most likely have crossed paths?
(a) Art show
(b) Government meeting
(c) Medical Convention
(d) Riverboat convention

5. To what is Florentino a patron?
(a) Cultural events
(b) Riverboat company
(c) Brothels
(d) Dr. Urbino

6. How many people were on the boat at the end of the story?
(a) 8
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 4

7. What is Florentino's first position at the riverboat company?
(a) Trash collector
(b) Captain of the river boat
(c) Writing business letters for his uncle
(d) Ownder of the company

8. Which of the following does Florentino tell her to think of love as?
(a) The ultimate happiness
(b) Forever
(c) A beginning
(d) An end in itself

9. Which of the following events does NOT make Fermina more lost to Florentino than she had ever been according to Florentino?
(a) Married
(b) Pregnant
(c) Rejecting him
(d) Interested in him

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

11. As they look down at the countryside, what do Dr. Urbino and Fermina see dotting the countryside?
(a) Many wild animals
(b) Bodies
(c) Trees
(d) Civil war battles

12. Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the type of material Fermina Daza includes in the three page letter she writes to Florentino?
(a) Irritation
(b) Relief
(c) Insults
(d) Aggravation

13. Who finally gives in and ends the estrangement of Fermina living with her cousin?
(a) Hildebranda Sanchez
(b) Dr. Urbino
(c) Florentino
(d) Fermina

14. What does Florentino tell his uncle is the only thing he cares about?
(a) Work
(b) Writing
(c) Fermina
(d) Love

15. How old is Florentino in this chapter?
(a) 66
(b) 46
(c) 56
(d) 36

Short Answer Questions

1. How many publishers expressed an interest in publishing Florentino's book, which he entitled A Lover's Companion?

2. Which character in the story felt that old age held no promise and no joy?

3. What does the incessant ringing of the church bells indicate?

4. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?

5. Why does Florentino lose this position?

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