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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. 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

2. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?
(a) Vultures
(b) Pigeons
(c) Eagles
(d) Ravens

3. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Nameless
(b) Paris
(c) Hildebranda
(d) Columbia

4. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 622
(b) 52
(c) 222
(d) 2

5. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Don Pius
(b) Fermina
(c) Transito
(d) Lorenzo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years were Fermina and Dr. Urbino married when the soap in the bathroom incident occurred?

3. Where does the sewage from the city drain?

4. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?

5. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fermina begin to wonder when she sees Florentino sitting on the bench where he had once courted her?

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

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

4. Where does Florentino see dead bodies?

5. How does Dr. Urbino die?

6. How do many of the women end up after they have had an affair with Florentino?

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

8. What was the argument that caused Dr. Urbino and his wife to almost end their marriage after thirty years?

9. How long is forever in Florentino's world?

10. Why did Fermina decide to go and live with her cousin?

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