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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 is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?
(a) He will be reunited with his wife.
(b) He will be separated from Gabriela.
(c) He will have to learn how to plant cacao.
(d) He will have to find work as a bricklayer.

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

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

4. What is Clemente's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Bricklayer.

5. How does Nacib receive Brazilian citizenship?
(a) He is awarded citizenship after serving in the armed forces.
(b) He takes an exam and becomes a naturalized citizen.
(c) His mother was Brazilian, so he is a dual citizen.
(d) His father purchases a birth certificate from the notary Segismundo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the patron saint of Ilhéus?

2. According to Mundinho, who are the leading exporters of cacao in Ilhéus?

3. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?

4. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?

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

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