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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 On the Art of Gossiping and Gabriela on the Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A concertina.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A guitar.

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

3. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.
(b) He owes money for gambling debts.
(c) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.
(d) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.

4. Where does Mundinho Falção's family live?
(a) São Paulo.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Minas Gerais.
(d) Salvador.

5. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?
(a) He will be reunited with his wife.
(b) He will have to find work as a bricklayer.
(c) He will be separated from Gabriela.
(d) He will have to learn how to plant cacao.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Clemente's occupation?

2. How does Nacib receive Brazilian citizenship?

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

4. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?

5. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?

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