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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The Model Stationery Store.
(b) The plaza.
(c) The park.
(d) The church.

2. Whom does Osmundo's father hire to help prosecute Colonel Jesuíno?
(a) Dr. Maurício Caires.
(b) João Fulgêncio.
(c) Dr. Rômulo Vieira.
(d) Dr. Ezequiel Prado.

3. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?
(a) Diogenes.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Professor Josué.
(d) Anabela.

4. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?
(a) He will be separated from Gabriela.
(b) He will have to find work as a bricklayer.
(c) He will be reunited with his wife.
(d) He will have to learn how to plant cacao.

5. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?
(a) Opinions about her performance.
(b) Love letters.
(c) A history of Ilhéus.
(d) Poetry.

6. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?
(a) Sisters of Charity.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The Progress Club.
(d) The Daughters of Mary.

7. What does Colonel Ramiro send Tonico to Rio to study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Law.
(d) Astronomy.

8. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

9. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?
(a) A bus company.
(b) A dry goods store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A cabaret.

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

11. Where does Gabriela usually leave the flower she wears behind her ear?
(a) On Nacib's bed.
(b) On the canvas deck chair.
(c) In the street.
(d) On a bar stool.

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

13. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?
(a) Get married.
(b) Learn to cook.
(c) Teach Chico to cook.
(d) Close the bar.

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

15. What is Gabriela eating the first time Clemente sees her?
(a) A banana.
(b) A guava.
(c) A mango.
(d) Cacao.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two leading cabarets in Ilhéus?

2. Why does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake take place at her cousin's house?

3. Tonico tells Nacib that which of Ilhéus' illustrious gentlemen is interested in setting up Gabriela in a house of her own?

4. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?

5. Who takes the rose that Gabriela wears behind her ear and puts it in his buttonhole?

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