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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. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Landscaping the parks.
(b) Establishing a daily newspaper.
(c) Building a new athletic field.
(d) Opening a new hospital.

2. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?
(a) Chico.
(b) Dona Arminda.
(c) Vicente.
(d) Risoleta.

3. Where do the male gossips gather in Ilhéus?
(a) The Model Stationery Store.
(b) The plaza.
(c) The park.
(d) The church.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the Dos Reis sisters famous in Ilhéus?

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

3. What item does Clemente carry with him during his journey to Ilhéus?

4. Who brings a photographer to meet the engineer as he arrives in the harbor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colonel Altino Brandão suggest that Mundinho do to make himself less of an outsider to Ilhéus? Whom does he suggest would be an appropriate candidate to select for this purpose?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why is Nacib uneasy about losing Gabriela? Why does Tonico Bastos tell Nacib to guard his treasure? To what treasure is he referring?

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

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

10. Which student does not come home for the Christmas holiday? Where is this person living, and what is this person doing?

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