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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 many women does Zumbi have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. What color eyes does the man have who visits the casa grande and can do tricks on a horse?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

3. In "The Woman Who Wanted the Return of Her Lover," what is a woman told to keep under her bed by a macumbeiro?
(a) Lizard.
(b) Snake.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Turtle.

4. Where does Zumbi's Black woman have a mark of the tribe where she came from?
(a) On her left shoulder.
(b) On her right hand.
(c) On her right ankle.
(d) Under her chin.

5. In "A Visit and a Draughtsman's Plans," what time of day do Anninho and Almeyda travel?
(a) Night.
(b) Mid-day.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dusk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of wood is most of the furniture made from in the shop where Alymeyda is taken in "The Hidden Woman"?

2. Where is Antonia injured in "What Is Happening in Agriculture"?

3. In "The Gathering of Turtle Eggs," about how old was the girl found wandering on the beach that Almeyda's grandmother nursed back to health?

4. In the "Cycle," whose name does Anninho say that Almeyda said when she was delirious with malaria?

5. In "Pedro the Third," what does Almeyda see Pedro the THird carrying when she sees him walking down the street in front of her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Entralgo send his son back to Europe in "What Is Happening in Agriculture"?

2. Why does Anninho say that Almeyda will be sent to Indaya Matroa?

3. What does Father Tollinare teach Almeyda and other children?

4. Why is Almeyda sold and where is she sold?

5. What is the house like that Almeyda is taken to in Palmares?

6. What does Old Vera do when she sees a man tied to a tree whose legs are crushed, and what trouble does she get into?

7. In "Dream of Feathers," what does Almeyda learn about the plantation where she works?

8. In "Another Reunion; How One Uses the Long Sword," how do Nobrega and Almeyda work together?

9. How does Almeyda get to Palmares?

10. What happens to a medicine man?

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