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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason that Nacib has never married?
(a) He does not want to have to kill his wife if she deceives him.
(b) He does not like children.
(c) He prefers solitude.
(d) He enjoys his bachelor lifestyle.

2. Where does Nacib go after attending Dr. Osmundo's wake to dispel the vision of death?
(a) Home to Gabriela.
(b) To the bar to work
(c) To the cabaret to see Anabela's performance.
(d) To church to hear mass.

3. 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.

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

5. What word does Gabriela use to describe Nacib that surprises him?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Fat.

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

7. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.
(b) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.
(c) He owes money for gambling debts.
(d) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.

8. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The park.
(b) The church.
(c) The Model Stationery Store.
(d) The plaza.

9. Who takes the rose that Gabriela wears behind her ear and puts it in his buttonhole?
(a) Dr. Ezequiel Prado.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) The Judge.
(d) The Captain.

10. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?
(a) A cabaret.
(b) A bus company.
(c) A dry goods store.
(d) A restaurant.

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

12. Who are the only two Protestants in Ilhéus?
(a) Diogenes and Dr. Osmundo.
(b) João Fulgêncio and Dr. Maurício.
(c) Gloria and Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(d) Nacib and Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

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

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

15. What makes the Dos Reis sisters famous in Ilhéus?
(a) Their restaurant.
(b) Their charitable works.
(c) Having bad tempers.
(d) Their Nativity tableau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Prince Sandra's and Anabela's respective occupations?

2. Who advises Clemente to forget about Gabriela?

3. Whom does Tonico Bastos fear?

4. What is Clemente's occupation?

5. Whom does Jesuíno hire to defend him in the trial?

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