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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 a Charming Rascal, Of Twilight, Of the Intricate Ways of Love, or How Nacib Hired a Cook, and Of the Boat in the Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Alfredo Bastos.
(c) Tonico Bastos.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

5. Whom does Tonico Bastos fear?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His godfather.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?

2. What is Father Basílio's other occupation?

3. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?

4. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?

5. Where does Gloria live?

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