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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat does Malvina make when confronted by her father?
(a) She will run away with the engineer.
(b) She will join a convent.
(c) She will kill herself.
(d) She will kill him.

2. Why does the woman attack Gabriela in The Big Noise?
(a) She thinks Gabriela is trying to get her fired.
(b) She thinks Gabriela is sleeping with Whitey.
(c) She thinks Gabriela is trying to get Whitey in trouble.
(d) She thinks Gabriela is trying to steal from her.

3. How long does it take for news of São Paulo Modern Art Week to reach Ilhéus?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Six months.

4. Who ends Gloria's loneliness?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) Professor Josué.
(c) João Fulgêncio.
(d) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.

5. Fagundes asks Gabriela to take a message to whom?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) Whitey.
(c) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

6. How much does Mundinho pay for the tea set donated to the auction by Jerusa?
(a) One hundred milreis.
(b) One thousand milreis.
(c) Five hundred milreis.
(d) Five thousand milreis.

7. From whom does Gabriela keep her participation in the Christmas pageant a secret?
(a) Jerusa.
(b) Dona Arminda.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Tuísca.

8. Who attempts to publicly snub Gabriela?
(a) Dona Angela.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(c) Nacib's sister.
(d) Dona Vera.

9. Why does the Fagundes refrain from talking back to Colonel Melk Tavares when he is belittled?
(a) Melk has threatened to kill him.
(b) Melk pays him twice as much as the other workers.
(c) Melk has given him serious beatings.
(d) Melk rescued him from the police once.

10. What happens to the bird that Nacib purchases for Gabriela?
(a) Gabriela sets it free.
(b) Gabriela's cat kills it.
(c) The bird escapes while Gabriela is cleaning its cage.
(d) Gabriela gives it to Dona Arminda.

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

12. Which of the colonels has a big party to inaugurate his new house at Christmastime?
(a) Aristóteles Pires.
(b) Amâncio Leal.
(c) Ramiro Bastos.
(d) Manuel of the Jaguars.

13. Who first suggests to Nacib that he hire Gabriela as the cook for the Commerce Restaurant?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) João Fulgêncio.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Dona Arminda.

14. Which prostitute helps Nacib forget about Gabriela?
(a) Rosalinda.
(b) Ofenísia.
(c) Risoleta.
(d) Maria Machadão.

15. What type of bird does Nacib purchase for Gabriela?
(a) A canary.
(b) A cardinal.
(c) A finch.
(d) An oriole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Gabriela's first lover?

2. What does Malvina want to do when she finishes school at the end of the year?

3. To what animal does Clemente compare Gabriela?

4. Why is Gabriela uncomfortable at the New Year's Ball?

5. For what favor is Gabriela indebted to Fagundes?

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