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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Third Chapter: The Secret of Malvina, Sections titled Of Newspapers and Hearts on Fire, Gabriela and Arminda, By Lamplight, and Of the Ball and the Englishwoman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers Gabriela a house of her own if she leaves Nacib?
(a) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(b) Tonico Bastos.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) The Judge.

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

3. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?
(a) Taking care of the elephants.
(b) Performing as the strong man.
(c) Setting up the tent.
(d) Taking care of the monkeys and dancing.

4. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?
(a) An escalator.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) An elevator.
(d) A hot tub.

5. At the slave market, who offers Clemente a job?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Bastos' weekly newspaper?

2. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?

3. What is Clemente's occupation?

4. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.

5. Why does the Fagundes refrain from talking back to Colonel Melk Tavares when he is belittled?

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