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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Nacib go to Dr. Osmundo's wake?
(a) Professor Josué and Tonico Bastos.
(b) The Doctor and João Fulgêncio.
(c) The Captain and Nhô-Galo.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos and Mundinho.

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

5. To whom does Mundinho Falção confess the reason for his initial move to Ilhéus?
(a) Jacob the Russian.
(b) Nacib.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

6. Who donates the photos of movie stars to the Dos Reis sisters' Nativity tableau?
(a) The parishoners at the local church.
(b) The students at the parochial school.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

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

8. What are Prince Sandra's and Anabela's respective occupations?
(a) Government official and schoolteacher.
(b) Athlete and cheerleader.
(c) Magician and ballerina.
(d) Monarch and mistress.

9. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?
(a) Teach Chico to cook.
(b) Learn to cook.
(c) Get married.
(d) Close the bar.

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

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

12. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?
(a) Vicente.
(b) Risoleta.
(c) Chico.
(d) Dona Arminda.

13. What are the two leading cabarets in Ilhéus?
(a) The Vesuvius and the Café Chic.
(b) Polaris and the Imperial.
(c) The Golden Nectar and the Green Apple.
(d) The Bataclan and the Trianon.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?

3. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?

4. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?

5. According to João Fulgêncio, why is Gloria a public utility and a social necessity?

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