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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gabriela eating the first time Clemente sees her?
(a) A mango.
(b) Cacao.
(c) A banana.
(d) A guava.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who begins to pursue Risoleta's affections at the cabaret in front of Nacib?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Dr. Ezequiel.
(d) Prince Sandra.

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

9. Where does Tonico Bastos work?
(a) A notary's office in Ilhéus.
(b) His father's cacao plantation.
(c) A hospital in Bahia.
(d) An engineering firm in Itabuna.

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

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

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

13. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?
(a) A coward.
(b) An outsider.
(c) A foreigner.
(d) An alien.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?

2. Why is Ezequiel Prado annoyed with the Bastoses?

3. Which character influences Colonel Ribeirinho's decision to become active in politics in supporting Mundinho?

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

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

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