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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. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Brazil nuts.
(d) Cacao.

2. What makes the Dos Reis sisters famous in Ilhéus?
(a) Having bad tempers.
(b) Their charitable works.
(c) Their Nativity tableau.
(d) Their restaurant.

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

4. Where was Nacib born?
(a) France.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Turkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?

3. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?

4. Why are no bets placed on a murder trial of an unfaithful wife?

5. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?

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