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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the sewage from the city drain?
(a) Into the marketplace
(b) Into the water supply
(c) Into the river
(d) Into the city streets

2. How do you think Dr. Urbino felt about Paris?
(a) Did not like it
(b) Loved it
(c) Enjoyed it but did not care to return
(d) Liked it

3. How old is Fermina Daza when Dr. Urbino meets her?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 18
(d) 13

4. Why did his lover help him?
(a) Because he forced her
(b) Because she wanted him dead
(c) Because he begged her
(d) Because she loved him

5. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?
(a) Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino
(b) Dr. Florentino Ariza
(c) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(d) Dr. Fermina Daza

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?

2. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?

3. Where is the first place that Fermina Daza and Florentino come face to face?

4. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?

5. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the feelings of Dr. Urbino's presence that Fermina has?

2. When is the next time that Florentino and Fermina meet face to face?

3. What business did Florentino Ariza's mother run?

4. What does Florentino fear will put an end to his plans to win over Fermina?

5. What surprises Florentino when he sees Fermina after two years of living with her cousin?

6. What had the woman who Florentino met on the trolley done not long before he met her?

7. What does Florentino use as weapons in the battle to win over Fermina?

8. How does Fermina Daza feel about Europe?

9. What does Fermina do with all of Dr. Urbino's suits?

10. Name three ways that Florentino cultivates the fourteen-year-old school girl he takes as his lover.

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