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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. Who begins to pursue Risoleta's affections at the cabaret in front of Nacib?
(a) Prince Sandra.
(b) Tonico Bastos.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Dr. Ezequiel.

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

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

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

5. Where does Nacib interrupt Mundinho, the Captain, and the Doctor as they are having dinner and making plans?
(a) Café Chic.
(b) Bataclan.
(c) Vesuvius Bar.
(d) Hotel Coelho.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nacib receive Brazilian citizenship?

2. Where does Gloria live?

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

4. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.

5. Why does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake take place at her cousin's house?

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