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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. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.
(a) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(b) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(c) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(d) Colonel Amâncio Leal.

2. What innovation will be introduced to Ilhéus in the new hotel?
(a) An elevator.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A hot tub.
(d) An escalator.

3. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Sisters of Charity.
(c) The Daughters of Mary.
(d) The Progress Club.

4. Where does Dona Arminda announce that she is going when she meets Gabriela?
(a) To the fish market to gossip.
(b) To Teodoro's house for a séance.
(c) To church to hear mass.
(d) To the Dos Reis sisters' house to see the Nativity tableau.

5. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?
(a) Dom Pedro II.
(b) Teodoro de Castro.
(c) Ofenísia.
(d) Colonel Luís Antônio d'Ávila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dona Sinhàzinha wearing when she dies?

2. What performance will take place at the movie theater?

3. Why does Nacib have to rush through his first breakfast prepared by Gabriela?

4. For his skill in what field is Colonel Ananias and Ivo known as The Tiger?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the terms of the bet Amâncio Leal makes with the Captain and the Doctor? What does Amâncio bet Colonel Ribeirinho?

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

3. Whom does Nacib see walking towards the beach with Mundinho Falção? What are they doing, and what does this make Nacib suspect?

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. 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?

6. Why does Nacib first notice Gabriela at the slave market? What remark from Gabriela makes him offer her the job as his cook?

7. What do Nhô-Galo and the Captain consider to be the greatest proof of love? Why does João Fulgêncio believe that love cannot be proven or measured? To what does he compare love?

8. What innovation do Jacob the Russian and Moacir Estrêla introduce to Ilhéus? Why is this significant?

9. What does Nacib claim is the punishment for female infidelity in his father's country? What does he claim is the punishment for a man found guilty of infidelity?

10. Describe Dr. Osmundo's funeral procession. Who are the attendees? What is significant about the route that the procession takes?

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