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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. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Government official
(b) Artist
(c) Doctor
(d) Photographer

2. Where did Florentino vow he will always live?
(a) Paris
(b) The unnamed city
(c) The same city as Fermina Daza
(d) Away from Fermina Daza

3. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?
(a) Evocative
(b) Recurring
(c) Lingering
(d) Poignant

4. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 30 years
(b) 60 years
(c) 70 years
(d) 50 years

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?

2. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?

3. Where did Dr. Urbino study?

4. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?

5. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the time that Fermina and Dr. Urbino loved each other best?

2. Why did Dr. Urbino decide to marry Fermina?

3. When Fermina was seventeen, what did she become in charge of?

4. What promise does Fermina insist be part of the bargain as she agrees to marry Florentino?

5. What happens to Florentino for two weeks after he makes his second declaration of love to Fermina?

6. What is one reason that Florentino considers himself old?

7. What was the cause of death for the many bodies Dr. Urbino and Fermina saw on their hot air balloon trip?

8. What were two steps Dr. Juvenal Urbino had the city do to curb the cholera epidemic?

9. How does Fermina's letter make Florentino feel?

10. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?

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