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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Third Chapter: The Secret of Malvina, Sections titled Of the Devil Loose in the Streets, The Virgin of the Rocks, Of Love Eternal, or a Door Ajar, Gabriela's Song, Of Flowers and Vases, and Of Dredges and a Bride.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe Chico?
(a) Strong.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Handsome.

2. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.
(a) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(b) Colonel Amâncio Leal.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

3. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?
(a) Colonel Luís Antônio d'Ávila.
(b) Ofenísia.
(c) Dom Pedro II.
(d) Teodoro de Castro.

4. To what does Colonel Altino attribute his decision to support Mundinho over Colonel Ramiro Bastos?
(a) Civility.
(b) High-backed chairs.
(c) The sandbar.
(d) Progress.

5. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?
(a) More than three months.
(b) Less than two weeks.
(c) More than three years.
(d) Less than six weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nacib have to rush through his first breakfast prepared by Gabriela?

2. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?

3. According to the Doctor's book, with which historical figure did his ancestor Ofenísia have a clandestine romance?

4. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?

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

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