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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 is Jacob the Russian's partner?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Moacir Estrêla.
(c) The Doctor.
(d) Mundinho Falção

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

3. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Colonel Jesuíno Mendonça.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

4. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

5. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Melk Tavares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?

2. Where was Nacib born?

3. To whom does Mundinho Falção confess the reason for his initial move to Ilhéus?

4. What does Colonel Ramiro send Tonico to Rio to study?

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

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