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

2. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?
(a) He plans to run for political office.
(b) He plans to become a businessman.
(c) He is terminally ill.
(d) He is getting married.

3. To which two historical figures does the Doctor compare the men responsible for the burning of the Ilhéus Daily?
(a) Joan of Arc and Goliath.
(b) Torquemada and Nero.
(c) Ivan the Terrible and Czar Nicholas I.
(d) Napoleon and Toussaint L'Ouverture.

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

5. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The park.
(b) The church.
(c) The fish market.
(d) The plaza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the rose that Gabriela wears behind her ear and puts it in his buttonhole?

2. Why does Dona Arminda believe that Gabriela must be a natural spirit medium?

3. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?

4. What game does the Captain attempt to teach Gabriela?

5. What word does Gabriela use to describe Nacib that surprises him?

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