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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?
(a) Diogenes.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Anabela.
(d) Professor Josué.

2. According to Mundinho, who are the leading exporters of cacao in Ilhéus?
(a) Father Basílio and the Doctor.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos and Nacib.
(c) The Kaufmanns and Stevenson.
(d) The Captain and Dona Arminda.

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

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

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

6. After speaking to the Dos Reis sisters, where does Nacib begin his search for a cook?
(a) Conquista.
(b) Pontal.
(c) Unhão Hill.
(d) Seabra Plaza.

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

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

9. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?
(a) The Progress Club.
(b) Sisters of Charity.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The Daughters of Mary.

10. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(b) Constructing houses and other buildings.
(c) Farming.
(d) Business.

11. Tonico tells Nacib that which of Ilhéus' illustrious gentlemen is interested in setting up Gabriela in a house of her own?
(a) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(b) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

12. How does Gabriela express her gratitude for the gifts that Nacib brings her?
(a) She kisses his cheek.
(b) She makes him a special dessert.
(c) She cooks him a special dinner.
(d) She kisses the palm of his hand.

13. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?
(a) Mundinho Falção
(b) Moacir Estrêla.
(c) The Doctor.
(d) Nacib.

14. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?
(a) He is their close friend.
(b) He is their godfather.
(c) He is their adoptive father.
(d) He is their stepfather.

15. What crop is threatened by both lack of rain and excessive rain in Ilhéus in the year 1925?
(a) Brazil nuts.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cacao.
(d) Bananas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Clemente sad to reach Ilhéus?

3. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?

4. Where does Nacib interrupt Mundinho, the Captain, and the Doctor as they are having dinner and making plans?

5. According to the Doctor's book, with which historical figure did his ancestor Ofenísia have a clandestine romance?

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