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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Of Temptation at the Window, Of the Cruel Law, Of Black Stockings, and Of the Law of Concubines.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.
(b) He owes money for gambling debts.
(c) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.
(d) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.

2. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Building a new athletic field.
(b) Landscaping the parks.
(c) Establishing a daily newspaper.
(d) Opening a new hospital.

3. Who donates the photos of movie stars to the Dos Reis sisters' Nativity tableau?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) The students at the parochial school.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) The parishoners at the local church.

4. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Jacob the Russian.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Filomena.

5. After speaking to the Dos Reis sisters, where does Nacib begin his search for a cook?
(a) Pontal.
(b) Seabra Plaza.
(c) Unhão Hill.
(d) Conquista.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Basílio's other occupation?

2. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?

3. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?

4. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?

5. Where was Nacib born?

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