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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who left the lipstick smears on Nacib's face and chest?
(a) Risoleta.
(b) Dona Arminda.
(c) Ofenísia.
(d) Filomena.

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

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

6. Which two characters are rivals for the title of Ilhéus' most eloquent orator?
(a) Florzinha and Quinquina Dos Reis.
(b) The Doctor and the Capitan.
(c) Nacib and Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars and Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

7. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The movie theatre.
(c) The cabaret.
(d) The brothel.

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

9. Who is the patron saint of Ilhéus?
(a) St. Ilhéus.
(b) St. Anthony.
(c) St. George.
(d) St. John.

10. Why is Ezequiel Prado annoyed with the Bastoses?
(a) They refused to invest in his bus company.
(b) He was not made president of the municipal council.
(c) He was not appointed drain commissioner.
(d) They refused to give him a loan for his small business.

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

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

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

14. Whose attendance at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake surprises the other mourners?
(a) Colonel Jesuíno.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Malvina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?

2. Who is the proprietor of the Vesuvius Bar?

3. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?

4. Why does Nacib have to rush through his first breakfast prepared by Gabriela?

5. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?

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