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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whom does Osmundo's father hire to help prosecute Colonel Jesuíno?
(a) Dr. Rômulo Vieira.
(b) Dr. Maurício Caires.
(c) Dr. Ezequiel Prado.
(d) João Fulgêncio.

5. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

6. Why are no bets placed on a murder trial of an unfaithful wife?
(a) There is no interest in these trials.
(b) These trials all end in acquittals.
(c) It is illegal to bet on the outcome of trials in Ilhéus
(d) It is considered disrespectful.

7. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The church.
(b) The fish market.
(c) The park.
(d) The plaza.

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

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

10. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.

11. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?
(a) Taking care of the monkeys and dancing.
(b) Taking care of the elephants.
(c) Setting up the tent.
(d) Performing as the strong man.

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

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

14. What does Anabela ask the men at the bar to write for her?
(a) A history of Ilhéus.
(b) Opinions about her performance.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Poetry.

15. 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 six weeks.
(b) More than three years.
(c) Less than two weeks.
(d) More than three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?

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

3. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?

4. Who takes the rose that Gabriela wears behind her ear and puts it in his buttonhole?

5. Whom does Tonico Bastos fear?

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