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

2. Who objects to Anabela the ballerina's performance on grounds of morality?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Diogenes.
(d) The Doctor.

3. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?
(a) Sisters of Charity.
(b) The Daughters of Mary.
(c) The Progress Club.
(d) The Catholic Church.

4. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Jacob the Russian.

5. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?
(a) The Governor.
(b) Professor Josué.
(c) Enoch.
(d) Nacib.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Doctor's book, with which historical figure did his ancestor Ofenísia have a clandestine romance?

2. Who is the patron saint of Ilhéus?

3. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?

4. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?

5. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?

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