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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. What is Clemente's occupation?
(a) Bricklayer.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Painter.

2. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?
(a) A cacao plantation.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A coconut plantation.
(d) A cabaret.

3. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Constructing houses and other buildings.
(b) Business.
(c) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(d) Farming.

4. According to Mundinho, who are the leading exporters of cacao in Ilhéus?
(a) The Kaufmanns and Stevenson.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos and Nacib.
(c) Father Basílio and the Doctor.
(d) The Captain and Dona Arminda.

5. Where does Gloria live?
(a) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro's plantation.
(b) Seabra Plaza.
(c) In a brothel.
(d) St. Sebastian Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?

2. With which family member does Gabriela travel to Ilhéus?

3. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?

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

5. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?

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