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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. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(b) Farming.
(c) Business.
(d) Constructing houses and other buildings.

2. Why does Gabriela think she might not like to marry Nacib, given the opportunity?
(a) She might have to wear shoes all the time.
(b) She might not be able to go to the movies with Dona Arminda.
(c) She might not be able to visit him at the bar anymore.
(d) She might have to move to Arabia with him.

3. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Jacob the Russian.

4. Who brings a photographer to meet the engineer as he arrives in the harbor?
(a) Clóvis Costa.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

5. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?
(a) A coward.
(b) An outsider.
(c) A foreigner.
(d) An alien.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Gabriela eating the first time Clemente sees her?

4. Who was Gabriela's first lover?

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

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