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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. How does Gabriela express her gratitude for the gifts that Nacib brings her?
(a) She kisses his cheek.
(b) She cooks him a special dinner.
(c) She kisses the palm of his hand.
(d) She makes him a special dessert.

2. Who is the only person in the bar to openly express sadness at the killing of Dona Sinhàzinha?
(a) Professor Josué.
(b) Anabela.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Diogenes.

3. What is Dona Sinhàzinha wearing when she dies?
(a) A housecoat.
(b) Black stockings.
(c) White lingerie.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who finances Clóvis Costa's project?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Professor Josué.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job with the circus does Tuísca claim to have been offered?

2. How long has Nacib owned the Vesuvius bar?

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. Who takes the rose that Gabriela wears behind her ear and puts it in his buttonhole?

5. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What project are the Dos Reis sisters famous for engaging in every year? When is this project displayed? How has this project changed in recent years?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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