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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 is Ezequiel Prado annoyed with the Bastoses?
(a) They refused to invest in his bus company.
(b) He was not appointed drain commissioner.
(c) He was not made president of the municipal council.
(d) They refused to give him a loan for his small business.

2. Who informs Colonel Ramiro Bastos that Mundinho Falção has ensured the accreditation of the Ilhéus high school?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Professor Josué.
(c) Nacib.
(d) The Governor.

3. Who is always the first customer to appear after lunch at Nacib's bar?
(a) Tonico Bastos.
(b) Nhô-Galo.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Ribeirinho.

4. Who donates the photos of movie stars to the Dos Reis sisters' Nativity tableau?
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) The students at the parochial school.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) The parishoners at the local church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the slave market, who offers Clemente a job?

2. Who objects to Anabela the ballerina's performance on grounds of morality?

3. What is Dr. Felismino's nickname?

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

5. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Aside from harvesting cacao, what other work has Fagundes done for Colonel Melk Tavares? What did he think of this work and why?

2. What activity does Gabriela become involved in without informing Nacib? What part will she play in this event?

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

4. How does Colonel Ramiro Bastos act at the dinner for the inauguration of the bus company? Why does Nacib admire his behavior?

5. When Nhô-Galo suggests that Gabriela would win in an election as a candidate for Mayor, whom does João Fulgêncio expect would not support her? Why is this not a problem, even hypothetically?

6. Who is the man hired to shoot Colonel Aristóteles Pires? In whose yard does this man end up after fleeing from the members of the manhunt?

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. During the wait for the engineer to arrive in Ilhéus, what does Amâncio Leal tell everyone about the problem with the project? What does he believe the ultimate solution to be?

9. Where does Gloria live? Why does this offend the women of Ilhéus?

10. Why does Mundinho Falção initially leave Rio de Janeiro for Ilhéus? How does this affect his feelings for the town?

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