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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 Gabriela Asleep, Of Food and Funerals, A Parenthetical Story with a Moral, and The Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What performance will take place at the movie theater?
(a) Prince Sandra's magic act.
(b) A debate between the Doctor and the Captain.
(c) Mundinho Falção's speech.
(d) Anabela's Dance of the Seven Veils.

2. For his skill in what field is Colonel Ananias and Ivo known as The Tiger?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Seducing women.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Hunting.

3. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?
(a) Love letters.
(b) Opinions about her performance.
(c) A history of Ilhéus.
(d) Poetry.

4. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?
(a) Close the bar.
(b) Learn to cook.
(c) Get married.
(d) Teach Chico to cook.

5. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?
(a) Filomena.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Jacob the Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Basílio's other occupation?

2. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?

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

4. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?

5. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?

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