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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird does Nacib purchase for Gabriela?
(a) A cardinal.
(b) A finch.
(c) A canary.
(d) An oriole.

2. Why does Dona Arminda believe that Gabriela must be a natural spirit medium?
(a) Gabriela talks to ghosts.
(b) Gabriela is able to predict the future.
(c) Gabriela made friends with a mean stray cat.
(d) Gabriela is able to predict the weather.

3. Who attends the party after the federal examination supervisor's lecture and causes an uproar?
(a) Gabriela.
(b) Malvina.
(c) Jerusa.
(d) Gloria.

4. What special part is Gabriela asked to perform in the Three Kings pageant?
(a) Playing the drums.
(b) Carrying the horn.
(c) Playing the Virgin Mary.
(d) Carrying the banner.

5. To what does Colonel Altino attribute his decision to support Mundinho over Colonel Ramiro Bastos?
(a) Progress.
(b) Civility.
(c) The sandbar.
(d) High-backed chairs.

6. Who leads the group of hoodlums that attempt to beat up the engineer in charge of the sandbar project in an effort to force him to leave Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Whitey.
(c) Colonel Amâncio Leal.
(d) Colonel Melk Tavares.

7. Mundinho Falção announces his candidacy for what office?
(a) Federal congressman.
(b) Head of the Municipal Council.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

8. Why is the bird that Nacib purchases for Gabriela called a sofrê?
(a) It is small.
(b) It is beautiful.
(c) It has a sad song.
(d) It is yellow.

9. Which character is driven by Christian charity to sit in the seat vacated by Dr. Alfredo's wife at the lecture on New Currents in Modern Literature?
(a) Professor Josué.
(b) Jerusa.
(c) Tonico Bastos.
(d) Father Basílio.

10. Who informs Nacib that Colonel Ribeirinho has offered Gabriela a house and jewelry?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) Lazy Chico.
(c) Tuísca.
(d) Dona Arminda.

11. Who scares Fernand the chef away from Ilhéus?
(a) Tuísca.
(b) Tonico Bastos.
(c) Whitey.
(d) Sete Voltas.

12. Who is the first to follow Gabriela and join in the dancing of The Three Kings pageant?
(a) Mundinho.
(b) Jerusa.
(c) Iracema.
(d) Nacib.

13. What happens to the bird that Nacib purchases for Gabriela?
(a) Gabriela sets it free.
(b) The bird escapes while Gabriela is cleaning its cage.
(c) Gabriela gives it to Dona Arminda.
(d) Gabriela's cat kills it.

14. What has Colonel Amâncio lost during his years fighting?
(a) All of his friends.
(b) One leg and one ear.
(c) All of his land.
(d) One eye and the use of one arm.

15. Who attempts to publicly snub Gabriela?
(a) Dona Vera.
(b) Dona Angela.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Nacib's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language is Nacib's language of love?

2. Who escorts Gabriela home from Colonel Ramiro Bastos' house on the night of the manhunt?

3. Where is Fernand, the chef sent from Rio, originally from?

4. After experimenting with modernism, to what doctrine does Professor Josué convert?

5. To which two historical figures does the Doctor compare the men responsible for the burning of the Ilhéus Daily?

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