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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.
(b) He owes money for gambling debts.
(c) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.
(d) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.

2. What do the Dos Reis sisters recommend that Nacib do to avoid having a problem finding a cook in the future?
(a) Learn to cook.
(b) Teach Chico to cook.
(c) Get married.
(d) Close the bar.

3. What word does Gabriela use to describe Nacib that surprises him?
(a) Jolly.
(b) Sad.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Fat.

4. Who objects to Anabela the ballerina's performance on grounds of morality?
(a) Diogenes.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Nacib.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jesuíno hire to defend him in the trial?

2. Who is considered to be the most elegant man in Ilhéus?

3. What is the name of the Bastos' weekly newspaper?

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

5. What game does the Captain attempt to teach Gabriela?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who performs Nacib and Gabriela's marriage ceremony? Why is a religious ceremony not a possibility for the couple?

2. Who is responsible for the accreditation of the high school in Ilhéus? What is Colonel Ramiro Bastos' reaction to this news? Why?

3. What is the general opinion of the lecture given by the federal examination supervisor? How does his compare with Dr. Argileu? Whose attendance at the event makes the evening memorable?

4. Describe the typical houses of the cacao colonels. How do they differ from the manor houses of the sugar kings? Who pressures the colonels to live more lavishly?

5. Why does Gloria leave the door to her house unlocked? Why does no one dare to enter?

6. What plans does Malvina have for her education? On what grounds does her father object?

7. Why does Fernand, the chef-de-cuisine from Rio, leave Ilhéus? Whom does Nacib hire to replace him at the last minute?

8. Where does Nacib end up after his search for a cook? Whom does he meet there, and what is that individual doing?

9. How does Tonico Bastos feel about his wife? Why does he feel this way?

10. With whom does Gabriela travel during her migration to Ilhéus? What is her relationship to Clemente? What do they disagree about at the end of their journey?

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