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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) Nacib.
(b) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

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

3. What position is the Captain given after he loses the position of official orator?
(a) Vice president.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Librarian.

4. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Amâncio Leal.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

5. Why does Dona Arminda believe that Gabriela must be a natural spirit medium?
(a) Gabriela made friends with a mean stray cat.
(b) Gabriela talks to ghosts.
(c) Gabriela is able to predict the future.
(d) Gabriela is able to predict the weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the president of the Commercial Association?

2. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?

3. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?

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

5. To which two historical figures does the Doctor compare the men responsible for the burning of the Ilhéus Daily?

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