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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 crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Brazil nuts.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Cacao.

2. Why does Nacib have to rush through his first breakfast prepared by Gabriela?
(a) He needs to prepare for the bus company dinner.
(b) It takes her too long to prepare it, and he has to get to the bar.
(c) He has a meeting with the Dos Reis sisters
(d) He is running late for the funerals.

3. Whom does Jesuíno hire to defend him in the trial?
(a) João Fulgêncio.
(b) Tonico Bastos.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Dr. Maurício.

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

5. Why is Ezequiel Prado annoyed with the Bastoses?
(a) He was not appointed drain commissioner.
(b) He was not made president of the municipal council.
(c) They refused to give him a loan for his small business.
(d) They refused to invest in his bus company.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nacib receive Brazilian citizenship?

2. What makes the Dos Reis sisters famous in Ilhéus?

3. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?

4. Why are no bets placed on a murder trial of an unfaithful wife?

5. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?

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