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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. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.
(b) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.
(c) He owes money for gambling debts.
(d) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.

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

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

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

5. Where does Nacib go after attending Dr. Osmundo's wake to dispel the vision of death?
(a) To the cabaret to see Anabela's performance.
(b) Home to Gabriela.
(c) To the bar to work
(d) To church to hear mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Nacib go to Dr. Osmundo's wake?

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

3. After speaking to the Dos Reis sisters, where does Nacib begin his search for a cook?

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

5. What are the two leading cabarets in Ilhéus?

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