This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Fourth Chapter: The Moonlight of Gabriela: Sections titled Of the Comrade in Battle, Of a Distinguished Son of Ilhéus, Gabriela Again, Of the Swedish Ship and the Golden Mermaid.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mundinho Falção.
(d) The students at the parochial school.

2. How does Colonel Melk Tavares punish his daughter for her disobedience?
(a) He burns her with a branding iron.
(b) He sends her to a convent.
(c) He beats her with a whip.
(d) He locks her in her room.

3. 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.

4. Fagundes asks Gabriela to take a message to whom?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Whitey.
(c) Tonico Bastos.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

5. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?
(a) Filomena.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Jacob the Russian.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is driven by Christian charity to sit in the seat vacated by Dr. Alfredo's wife at the lecture on New Currents in Modern Literature?

2. How far away from the village is Colonel Altino's Águas Claras plantation located?

3. Which character influences Colonel Ribeirinho's decision to become active in politics in supporting Mundinho?

4. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?

5. What is Dona Sinhàzinha wearing when she dies?

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