View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Gabriela Asleep, Of Food and Funerals, A Parenthetical Story with a Moral, and The Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake differ from Dr. Osmundo's wake?
(a) There is a closed casket at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.
(b) Dona Sinhàzinha's wake takes place the day after Dr. Osmundo's.
(c) No one cries at Dr. Osmundo's wake.
(d) There are fewer visitors at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.

2. Who is the patron saint of Ilhéus?
(a) St. George.
(b) St. Anthony.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Ilhéus.

3. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?
(a) The Governor.
(b) Enoch.
(c) Professor Josué.
(d) Nacib.

4. Who advises Clemente to forget about Gabriela?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Fagundes.
(c) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(d) Professor Josué.

5. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(c) Colonel Jesuíno Mendonça.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nacib interrupt Mundinho, the Captain, and the Doctor as they are having dinner and making plans?

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

3. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?

4. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?

5. What is Gabriela eating the first time Clemente sees her?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample