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

2. Who brings news of Colonel Jesuíno's crime to those congregated at Nacib's bar?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Tuísca.
(d) Lazy Chico.

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

4. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?
(a) Anabela.
(b) Professor Josué.
(c) Diogenes.
(d) Nacib.

5. After speaking to the Dos Reis sisters, where does Nacib begin his search for a cook?
(a) Pontal.
(b) Seabra Plaza.
(c) Unhão Hill.
(d) Conquista.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?

2. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?

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

4. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?

5. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?

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