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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following descriptions best describes how Fermina's daughter feels about her relationship with Florentino?
(a) Inspiring
(b) Ridiculous
(c) Revolting
(d) Harmless

2. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?
(a) Cholera
(b) Broken spine
(c) Broken ankle
(d) Intestinal unpleasantness

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

4. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?
(a) Marquez
(b) De Saint-Amour
(c) Sanchez
(d) Florentino

5. Why does Florentino fear that death will end his plans to win Fermina's heart?
(a) They are both aging
(b) She is very ill
(c) Death always ruins the plans of love
(d) He is very ill

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

7. What makes Florentino have to request a different day to meet Fermina?
(a) Fermina's children
(b) Diarrhea
(c) Cholera
(d) Fermina's attitude toward him

8. What happened to the riverbanks they saw as they sailed down the river?
(a) Flooding
(b) Drought
(c) Littered with bodies
(d) Deforestation

9. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?
(a) The balloon ride after delivering the letter
(b) Florentino's declaration of love to Fermina
(c) The balloon ride to deliver the letter
(d) Florentino's seduction of the underage relative

10. Which of the following best describes how Fermina felt about married life and motherhood?
(a) Extreme satisfaction
(b) Anger
(c) Excitement
(d) No depth of satisfaction

11. Which of the following means the same as mortal as it is used in this chapter?
(a) Earthly
(b) Worldly
(c) Deadly
(d) Human Being

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

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

14. How old is Florentino's blood relative whom he takes as a lover?
(a) 41
(b) 15
(c) 14
(d) 21

15. How do the insults in Fermina's letter affect Florentino?
(a) Leave him carefree
(b) Leave him afraid
(c) Leave him concerned
(d) Leave him undaunted

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was the captain of the boat on which Florentino and Fermina sailed?

2. Who finally gives in and ends the estrangement of Fermina living with her cousin?

3. Which of the following is true about Florentino?

4. Where is Florentino when the church bells toll indicating Dr. Urbino is dead?

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

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