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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Of Temptation at the Window, Of the Cruel Law, Of Black Stockings, and Of the Law of Concubines.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(d) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.

2. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?
(a) Risoleta.
(b) Dona Arminda.
(c) Vicente.
(d) Chico.

3. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) A ruptured appendix.
(c) A broken hip.
(d) Apoplexy.

4. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Jesuíno Mendonça.

5. For his skill in what field is Colonel Ananias and Ivo known as The Tiger?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Seducing women.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?

2. What is Clemente's occupation?

3. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?

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

5. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?

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