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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?
(a) More than three years.
(b) Less than six weeks.
(c) Less than two weeks.
(d) More than three months.
2. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?
(a) Dancing in a cabaret.
(b) Midwifery.
(c) Teaching elementary school.
(d) Rental properties and selling cakes and candies.
3. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Melk Tavares.
4. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(b) Farming.
(c) Business.
(d) Constructing houses and other buildings.
5. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Sisters of Charity.
(c) The Daughters of Mary.
(d) The Progress Club.
6. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Building a new athletic field.
(b) Opening a new hospital.
(c) Establishing a daily newspaper.
(d) Landscaping the parks.
7. What is Father Basílio's other occupation?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Plantation owner.
8. What is Dona Sinhàzinha wearing when she dies?
(a) Nothing.
(b) White lingerie.
(c) A housecoat.
(d) Black stockings.
9. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Amâncio Leal.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
10. To whom does Mundinho Falção confess the reason for his initial move to Ilhéus?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Jacob the Russian.
11. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?
(a) A broken hip.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) Apoplexy.
(d) A ruptured appendix.
12. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?
(a) Iracema.
(b) Malvina.
(c) Celestina.
(d) Florazinha.
13. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Alfredo Bastos.
(d) Tonico Bastos.
14. How does Gabriela express her gratitude for the gifts that Nacib brings her?
(a) She kisses the palm of his hand.
(b) She cooks him a special dinner.
(c) She makes him a special dessert.
(d) She kisses his cheek.
15. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A concertina.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A Bible.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who left the lipstick smears on Nacib's face and chest?
2. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?
3. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?
4. What is one reason that Nacib has never married?
5. Whose attendance at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake surprises the other mourners?
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