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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. Who brings a photographer to meet the engineer as he arrives in the harbor?
(a) Colonel Ribeirinho.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Clóvis Costa.
(d) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.

2. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?
(a) A concertina.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A guitar.

3. What jobs are available in Ilhéus for men who have no trade?
(a) Constructing houses and other buildings.
(b) Working in the cacao warehouses or on the docks.
(c) Business.
(d) Farming.

4. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The fish market.
(b) The church.
(c) The plaza.
(d) The park.

5. What game does the Captain attempt to teach Gabriela?
(a) Old maid.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to João Fulgêncio, why is Gloria a public utility and a social necessity?

2. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?

3. How much time elapses between Mundinho's announcement that an engineer will be sent from Rio and the arrival of Dr. Rômulo Vieira?

4. Whom does Nacib encounter in Seabra Plaza sunning himself?

5. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gabriela agree to help Fagundes by going out alone to look for Whitey? Why is this potentially dangerous for her?

2. Describe the article in the Ilhéus Daily that Nhô-Galo brings to Nacib's attention. Whom does the article criticize? Why does this article worry Nacib?

3. Why does Colonel Aristóteles Pires decide to vote for Mundinho instead of Colonel Ramiro Bastos' candidate, Dr. Vitor Melo? How does Ramiro react to Aristótles' announcement of support for Mundinho?

4. What is Dona Arminda's profession? How has her occupation changed with new progressive ideas, and what is her opinion of these changes?

5. Is Nacib interested in being married? Why has he not yet married?

6. What natural phenomenon threatens the cacao crop at the beginning of the novel? How do the inhabitants of Ilhéus respond to this situation?

7. How does Colonel Altino react to Colonel Ramiro Bastos' appearance when he goes to visit him? How has Ramiro Bastos changed in the last few months?

8. How does Dr. Felismino respond to his wife's infidelity? What is the outcome of his action? What becomes of him?

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

10. How does Nacib respond when he discovers that Gabriela has been unfaithful to him? What solution does João Fulgêncio suggest to avoid having to kill her and Tonico?

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