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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?

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

3. What is the name of the narrator?

4. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Florentino spend his time when Fermina is off on her journey?

2. What does Florentino document in twenty-five notebooks?

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

4. What event causes Fermina to decide finally to marry Dr. Juvenal Urbino?

5. Who does Florentino like to imagine has stolen his virginity?

6. What is Leona Cassiani to Florentino?

7. Why did the disabled man take his own life?

8. What books does Florentino hope to have published?

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

10. Who has been in love with Fermina for more than half of a century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Florentino. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The idea of morality shifts throughout this book for Florentino. Describe your idea of morality as it compares to his. Use examples from real life and the novel to demonstrate the various concepts of morality.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relevance of the balloon ride across the country that Fermina and Dr. Urbina took.

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