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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 Gabriela Asleep, Of Food and Funerals, A Parenthetical Story with a Moral, and The Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which family member does Gabriela travel to Ilhéus?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother-in-law.
(d) Her uncle.

2. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Business.
(b) Farming.
(c) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(d) Constructing houses and other buildings.

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

4. Whom does Tonico Bastos fear?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His godfather.

5. According to Mundinho, who are the leading exporters of cacao in Ilhéus?
(a) The Captain and Dona Arminda.
(b) Father Basílio and the Doctor.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos and Nacib.
(d) The Kaufmanns and Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Dona Arminda announce that she is going when she meets Gabriela?

3. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?

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

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

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