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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, First Chapter: The Languor of Ofenísia, Sections titled On the Art of Gossiping and Gabriela on the Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long has Nacib owned the Vesuvius bar?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

3. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?
(a) An elevator.
(b) A hot tub.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) An escalator.

4. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

5. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) Mundinho Falção
(c) Nacib.
(d) Moacir Estrêla.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?

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

4. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?

5. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?

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