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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, First Chapter: The Languor of Ofenísia, Sections titled Of the Dos Reis Sisters and their Nativity Scene, Of a Desperate Search, Of a Political Boss in the Sun, and Of a Political Conspiracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?
(a) Dancing in a cabaret.
(b) Rental properties and selling cakes and candies.
(c) Teaching elementary school.
(d) Midwifery.

2. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars and Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) The Doctor and the Capitan.
(c) Nacib and Mundinho Falção.
(d) Florzinha and Quinquina Dos Reis.

3. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?
(a) Filomena.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Jacob the Russian.
(d) Nacib.

4. 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 godfather.
(d) He is their stepfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mundinho Falção's family live?

2. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?

3. Who left the lipstick smears on Nacib's face and chest?

4. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?

5. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?

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