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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 is one reason that Nacib has never married?
(a) He does not like children.
(b) He prefers solitude.
(c) He does not want to have to kill his wife if she deceives him.
(d) He enjoys his bachelor lifestyle.

2. Which character influences Colonel Ribeirinho's decision to become active in politics in supporting Mundinho?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Anabela.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Gabriela.

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

4. What novel does Malvina purchase despite the fact that some consider the book to be inappropriate for girls to read?
(a) The Maias.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Nana.
(d) The Crime of Father Amaro.

5. Who teaches Gabriela to wear a rose behind her ear?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Lazy Chico.
(c) Tuísca.
(d) Felipe the shoemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is the Captain given after he loses the position of official orator?

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

3. Who was Gabriela's first lover?

4. With which women does Mundinho Falção dance during the ball?

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

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