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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Nacib owned the Vesuvius bar?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Five years.
(d) One year.

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

3. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?
(a) Florzinha and Quinquina Dos Reis.
(b) The Doctor and the Capitan.
(c) Nacib and Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars and Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

4. With whom does Nacib go to Dr. Osmundo's wake?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos and Mundinho.
(b) Professor Josué and Tonico Bastos.
(c) The Doctor and João Fulgêncio.
(d) The Captain and Nhô-Galo.

5. Who teaches Gabriela to wear a rose behind her ear?
(a) Tuísca.
(b) Felipe the shoemaker.
(c) Lazy Chico.
(d) Nacib.

6. What is Dr. Felismino's nickname?
(a) Dr. Evil.
(b) Tame Ox.
(c) Mr. Cruel.
(d) Wild Boar.

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

8. Tonico tells Nacib that which of Ilhéus' illustrious gentlemen is interested in setting up Gabriela in a house of her own?
(a) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Melk Tavares.

9. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?
(a) Iracema.
(b) Celestina.
(c) Florazinha.
(d) Malvina.

10. What is the name of the Bastos' weekly newspaper?
(a) The Southern Journal.
(b) The Ilhéus Weekly.
(c) The Ilhéus Journal.
(d) The Southern Weekly.

11. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?
(a) Teodoro de Castro.
(b) Ofenísia.
(c) Colonel Luís Antônio d'Ávila.
(d) Dom Pedro II.

12. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

13. What are the two leading cabarets in Ilhéus?
(a) Polaris and the Imperial.
(b) The Golden Nectar and the Green Apple.
(c) The Bataclan and the Trianon.
(d) The Vesuvius and the Café Chic.

14. Which character influences Colonel Ribeirinho's decision to become active in politics in supporting Mundinho?
(a) Gabriela.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Anabela.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What performance will take place at the movie theater?

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

3. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?

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

5. According to Mundinho, who are the leading exporters of cacao in Ilhéus?

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