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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Gabriela been helping Dona Arminda with her housework?
(a) She has been very depressed.
(b) She has been attending séances.
(c) She has been sick.
(d) She has been out of town.

2. Why is Dr. Demosthenes sent for after Colonel Altino's visit?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos has a heart attack.
(b) Jerusa Bastos has a fainting spell.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos has a fainting spell.
(d) Tonico Bastos has a heart attack.

3. What has Colonel Amâncio lost during his years fighting?
(a) All of his friends.
(b) One leg and one ear.
(c) All of his land.
(d) One eye and the use of one arm.

4. Who informs Nacib that Colonel Ribeirinho has offered Gabriela a house and jewelry?
(a) Lazy Chico.
(b) Dona Arminda.
(c) Tuísca.
(d) Tonico Bastos.

5. To which two historical figures does the Doctor compare the men responsible for the burning of the Ilhéus Daily?
(a) Joan of Arc and Goliath.
(b) Napoleon and Toussaint L'Ouverture.
(c) Ivan the Terrible and Czar Nicholas I.
(d) Torquemada and Nero.

6. Who is the only person who keeps his decorum around Gabriela and treats her like a lady in Nacib's presence?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Tonico Bastos.
(c) The Judge.
(d) Professor Josué.

7. What literary nickname does Iracema give to Malvina?
(a) The Bronze Virgin.
(b) The Rose of Jerico.
(c) The Black Widow.
(d) Sherezade.

8. After experimenting with modernism, to what doctrine does Professor Josué convert?
(a) Spiritism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Anarchism.
(d) Marxism.

9. What language is Nacib's language of love?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

10. At the dance for the inauguration for the new headquarters of the Commerical Association, with whom does Malvina dance every dance?
(a) Nacib.
(b) Rômulo.
(c) Osmundo.
(d) Mundinho.

11. Why does Dona Arminda believe that Gabriela must be a natural spirit medium?
(a) Gabriela is able to predict the future.
(b) Gabriela talks to ghosts.
(c) Gabriela is able to predict the weather.
(d) Gabriela made friends with a mean stray cat.

12. How does Colonel Melk Tavares punish his daughter for her disobedience?
(a) He sends her to a convent.
(b) He beats her with a whip.
(c) He locks her in her room.
(d) He burns her with a branding iron.

13. Who is the first to follow Gabriela and join in the dancing of The Three Kings pageant?
(a) Jerusa.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Iracema.
(d) Mundinho.

14. For what favor is Gabriela indebted to Fagundes?
(a) Providing food for her.
(b) Protecting her from Clemente.
(c) Giving her money.
(d) Carrying her sick uncle.

15. Who speaks at the opening ceremony for the School of Industrial Arts and Crafts?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Dr. Maurício Caires.
(c) The Doctor.
(d) Felipe the shoemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Mundinho suggest for Nacib's new restaurant?

2. Who is the president of the Commercial Association?

3. How far away from the village is Colonel Altino's Águas Claras plantation located?

4. Which of Gabriela's friends stops coming to visit her after she becomes Mrs. Saad?

5. Why is Professor Josué's heart in mourning?

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