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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 a Charming Rascal, Of Twilight, Of the Intricate Ways of Love, or How Nacib Hired a Cook, and Of the Boat in the Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?
(a) The movie theatre.
(b) The brothel.
(c) The cabaret.
(d) The town hall.

2. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?
(a) Cacao.
(b) Brazil nuts.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bananas.

3. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?
(a) Anabela.
(b) Diogenes.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Professor Josué.

4. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?
(a) He is their godfather.
(b) He is their adoptive father.
(c) He is their close friend.
(d) He is their stepfather.

5. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Colonel Amâncio Leal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason that Nacib has never married?

2. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?

3. Who are the only two Protestants in Ilhéus?

4. Who donates the photos of movie stars to the Dos Reis sisters' Nativity tableau?

5. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?

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