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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. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?
(a) A foreigner.
(b) A coward.
(c) An alien.
(d) An outsider.

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

3. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?
(a) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

4. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The church.
(b) The park.
(c) The Model Stationery Store.
(d) The plaza.

5. Where does Mundinho Falção's family live?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Minas Gerais.
(c) São Paulo.
(d) Salvador.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is always the first customer to appear after lunch at Nacib's bar?

3. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?

4. What performance will take place at the movie theater?

5. For his skill in what field is Colonel Ananias and Ivo known as The Tiger?

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