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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 Gabriela Asleep, Of Food and Funerals, A Parenthetical Story with a Moral, and The Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?
(a) An alien.
(b) A foreigner.
(c) A coward.
(d) An outsider.

2. Who brings news of Colonel Jesuíno's crime to those congregated at Nacib's bar?
(a) Tuísca.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Lazy Chico.

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

4. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?
(a) The brothel.
(b) The cabaret.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The movie theatre.

5. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The fish market.
(b) The church.
(c) The plaza.
(d) The park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?

2. With whom does Nacib go to Dr. Osmundo's wake?

3. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?

4. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?

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

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