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

2. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A concertina.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A Bible.

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

4. Where does Tonico Bastos work?
(a) An engineering firm in Itabuna.
(b) His father's cacao plantation.
(c) A notary's office in Ilhéus.
(d) A hospital in Bahia.

5. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?
(a) More than three years.
(b) More than three months.
(c) Less than six weeks.
(d) Less than two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Prince Sandra's and Anabela's respective occupations?

2. What is Clemente's occupation?

3. Whom does Osmundo's father hire to help prosecute Colonel Jesuíno?

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

5. Where was Nacib born?

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