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The following boundary value problem for the singularly perturbed ordinary differential equation is considered. The system of equations under consideration is \[ \varepsilon^2 \frac{d^2z}{dx^2}=F(z,x), \quad 0<x<1,\;0\leq \varepsilon <1,\;z(0,\varepsilon)=0,\;z(1, \varepsilon)=0, \] where \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter. It is assumed that the equation \(F(z,x)=0\) has roots \(z=\varphi_i(x)\), \(1\leq i \leq m\). For the equivalent system \[ \varepsilon \frac{dz_1}{dx}=F(z_2,x), \quad \varepsilon \frac{dz_2}{dx}=z_1, \quad 0\leq x \leq 1,\;z(0, \varepsilon)=0,\;z(1,\varepsilon)=0, \] the roots \(z_2=\varphi_i(x)\) are critical points. This is a saddle if \(F(z_2,x)\) changes sign from \(-\) to \(+\) under the growth of \(z_2\), and a center in the other case. The solutions to the problem with interfaces on the boundary and within the segment are constructed.