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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Gabriela eating the first time Clemente sees her?
2. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
3. For his skill in what field is Colonel Ananias and Ivo known as The Tiger?
4. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
5. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Aside from harvesting cacao, what other work has Fagundes done for Colonel Melk Tavares? What did he think of this work and why?
2. How does Colonel Ramiro Bastos act at the dinner for the inauguration of the bus company? Why does Nacib admire his behavior?
3. Who is responsible for the accreditation of the high school in Ilhéus? What is Colonel Ramiro Bastos' reaction to this news? Why?
4. What natural phenomenon threatens the cacao crop at the beginning of the novel? How do the inhabitants of Ilhéus respond to this situation?
5. Why does Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro confront Tonico Bastos? What does Tonico do after speaking with the Colonel? How does this affect Gloria?
6. Who is the man hired to shoot Colonel Aristóteles Pires? In whose yard does this man end up after fleeing from the members of the manhunt?
7. What natural talent does Dona Arminda suspect Gabriela has? What makes her think this?
8. What state is Felipe the shoemaker in when he meets the poet Dr. Argileu Palmeira? Why is he in this condition?
9. What does Colonel Altino Brandão suggest that Mundinho do to make himself less of an outsider to Ilhéus? Whom does he suggest would be an appropriate candidate to select for this purpose?
10. Where does Colonel Altino sit when he visits Colonel Ramiro Bastos' house? How does this compare with where he sits when he visits Mundinho Falção's office?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Loyalty is a major theme in Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon. Give three examples of actions that represent loyalty from the text. What message about loyalty is communicated in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of civilization and barbarism in Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon. Which characters represent civilization, and which of their actions exemplify this? Which characters and actions exemplify barbarism? How does the theme of civilization and barbarism relate to the overall message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Morality is a major theme in Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon. Give three examples of behaviors or actions that are considered to be immoral by the townspeople of Ilhéus. Why is this ironic? What message is communicated about morality in the novel?
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