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. How long has Nacib owned the Vesuvius bar?
(a) One year.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

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

3. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Teaching elementary school.
(c) Dancing in a cabaret.
(d) Rental properties and selling cakes and candies.

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

5. According to João Fulgêncio, why is Gloria a public utility and a social necessity?
(a) She raises the sex life of the community to a higher level.
(b) She gives the spinsters something to talk about.
(c) She keeps Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro out of trouble.
(d) Her beauty inspires poetry and art.