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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 a Charming Rascal, Of Twilight, Of the Intricate Ways of Love, or How Nacib Hired a Cook, and Of the Boat in the Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gloria live?
(a) St. Sebastian Square.
(b) Seabra Plaza.
(c) In a brothel.
(d) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro's plantation.

2. Why is Ezequiel Prado annoyed with the Bastoses?
(a) They refused to give him a loan for his small business.
(b) He was not made president of the municipal council.
(c) He was not appointed drain commissioner.
(d) They refused to invest in his bus company.

3. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Professor Josué.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

4. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Landscaping the parks.
(b) Opening a new hospital.
(c) Building a new athletic field.
(d) Establishing a daily newspaper.

5. At the slave market, who offers Clemente a job?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Melk Tavares.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?

2. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?

3. How long has Nacib owned the Vesuvius bar?

4. Where was Nacib born?

5. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?

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