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

2. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?
(a) Learn to cook.
(b) Teach Chico to cook.
(c) Close the bar.
(d) Get married.

3. Who donates the photos of movie stars to the Dos Reis sisters' Nativity tableau?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) The parishoners at the local church.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) The students at the parochial school.

4. To whom does Mundinho Falção confess the reason for his initial move to Ilhéus?
(a) Jacob the Russian.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) The Captain.

5. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?
(a) He is their adoptive father.
(b) He is their close friend.
(c) He is their stepfather.
(d) He is their godfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?

2. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?

3. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?

4. Where was Nacib born?

5. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?

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