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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Third Chapter: The Secret of Malvina, Sections titled Of Newspapers and Hearts on Fire, Gabriela and Arminda, By Lamplight, and Of the Ball and the Englishwoman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does the Captain attempt to teach Gabriela?
(a) Chess.
(b) Old maid.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Checkers.

2. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?
(a) Performing as the strong man.
(b) Taking care of the monkeys and dancing.
(c) Setting up the tent.
(d) Taking care of the elephants.

3. Where does Tonico Bastos work?
(a) A notary's office in Ilhéus.
(b) An engineering firm in Itabuna.
(c) A hospital in Bahia.
(d) His father's cacao plantation.

4. Who brings a photographer to meet the engineer as he arrives in the harbor?
(a) Clóvis Costa.
(b) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

5. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The fish market.
(b) The church.
(c) The plaza.
(d) The park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?

2. Who was Gabriela's first lover?

3. Who advises Clemente to forget about Gabriela?

4. Why does the Fagundes refrain from talking back to Colonel Melk Tavares when he is belittled?

5. What novel does Malvina purchase despite the fact that some consider the book to be inappropriate for girls to read?

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