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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. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

2. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?
(a) A ruptured appendix.
(b) Apoplexy.
(c) A broken hip.
(d) A broken heart.

3. What object does Colonel Melk Tavares have with him when he interrupts the engineer talking to Malvina?
(a) A blueprint.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A whip.
(d) A shotgun.

4. What does Colonel Ramiro send Tonico to Rio to study?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gabriela think she might not like to marry Nacib, given the opportunity?

2. What is one reason that Nacib has never married?

3. What does Colonel Altino advise Mundinho to do when he is visiting the Àguas Pretas plantation?

4. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?

5. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?

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