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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Of Temptation at the Window, Of the Cruel Law, Of Black Stockings, and Of the Law of Concubines.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the Dos Reis sisters famous in Ilhéus?
(a) Their charitable works.
(b) Their restaurant.
(c) Their Nativity tableau.
(d) Having bad tempers.

2. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?
(a) A concertina.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A Bible.

3. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?
(a) Teaching elementary school.
(b) Rental properties and selling cakes and candies.
(c) Midwifery.
(d) Dancing in a cabaret.

4. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?
(a) A cabaret.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A coconut plantation.
(d) A cacao plantation.

5. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) Apoplexy.
(c) A broken hip.
(d) A ruptured appendix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?

2. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?

3. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?

4. Who brings news of Colonel Jesuíno's crime to those congregated at Nacib's bar?

5. Where was Nacib born?

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