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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?
(a) Malvina.
(b) Celestina.
(c) Florazinha.
(d) Iracema.

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

3. Who teaches Gabriela to wear a rose behind her ear?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Lazy Chico.
(c) Felipe the shoemaker.
(d) Tuísca.

4. Who advises Clemente to forget about Gabriela?
(a) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(b) Fagundes.
(c) Professor Josué.
(d) Nacib.

5. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Landscaping the parks.
(b) Establishing a daily newspaper.
(c) Opening a new hospital.
(d) Building a new athletic field.

6. Whom does Jesuíno hire to defend him in the trial?
(a) Dr. Maurício.
(b) João Fulgêncio.
(c) Tonico Bastos.
(d) The Captain.

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

8. What news does Mundinho Falção break to his family during his visit?
(a) He is terminally ill.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He plans to run for political office.
(d) He plans to become a businessman.

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

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

11. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?
(a) Teodoro de Castro.
(b) Colonel Luís Antônio d'Ávila.
(c) Dom Pedro II.
(d) Ofenísia.

12. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

13. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Alfredo Bastos.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Tonico Bastos.

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

15. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?
(a) Mundinho Falção.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Jesuíno Mendonça.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who left the lipstick smears on Nacib's face and chest?

2. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?

3. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?

4. Where does Nacib go after attending Dr. Osmundo's wake to dispel the vision of death?

5. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?

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