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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake differ from Dr. Osmundo's wake?
(a) There is a closed casket at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.
(b) No one cries at Dr. Osmundo's wake.
(c) There are fewer visitors at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.
(d) Dona Sinhàzinha's wake takes place the day after Dr. Osmundo's.

2. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?
(a) An escalator.
(b) An elevator.
(c) A hot tub.
(d) A swimming pool.

3. Who brings news of Colonel Jesuíno's crime to those congregated at Nacib's bar?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Lazy Chico.
(d) Tuísca.

4. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Jacob the Russian.
(d) Nacib.

5. Where was Nacib born?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Syria.
(d) France.

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

7. Who objects to Anabela the ballerina's performance on grounds of morality?
(a) Nacib.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Diogenes.

8. At the slave market, who offers Clemente a job?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(c) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

9. According to the Doctor's book, with which historical figure did his ancestor Ofenísia have a clandestine romance?
(a) Caramuru.
(b) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Emperor Pedro II.
(d) Henry XIII.

10. What is the name of the Bastos' weekly newspaper?
(a) The Southern Weekly.
(b) The Ilhéus Weekly.
(c) The Southern Journal.
(d) The Ilhéus Journal.

11. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Enoch.
(c) The Governor.
(d) Professor Josué.

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

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

14. Where does Gabriela usually leave the flower she wears behind her ear?
(a) On Nacib's bed.
(b) On the canvas deck chair.
(c) In the street.
(d) On a bar stool.

15. Where does Nacib interrupt Mundinho, the Captain, and the Doctor as they are having dinner and making plans?
(a) Café Chic.
(b) Hotel Coelho.
(c) Bataclan.
(d) Vesuvius Bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake take place at her cousin's house?

2. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?

3. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?

4. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?

5. Who teaches Gabriela to wear a rose behind her ear?

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