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

2. What performance will take place at the movie theater?
(a) Mundinho Falção's speech.
(b) Prince Sandra's magic act.
(c) A debate between the Doctor and the Captain.
(d) Anabela's Dance of the Seven Veils.

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

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

5. What does Colonel Ramiro send Tonico to Rio to study?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Law.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word does Gabriela use to describe Nacib that surprises him?

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

5. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?

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