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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the woman's husband gone in "Lice Scratching"?

2. In "Another Reunion; How One Uses the Long Sword," what field is Almeyda to work in?

3. When a messenger comes from Aprigio, where is he injured?

4. In "Lice Scratching," what does Madriaga string for rosaries?

5. What color eyes does the man have who visits the casa grande and can do tricks on a horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Almeyda and Anniho go when Palmeres is attacked?

2. How does Almeyda get to Palmares?

3. 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?

4. What does Martim Apirgio look like?

5. How have several generations of Bejerano women lived unmolested in the town?

6. Why does Alcantra wish for rooms with windows?

7. What happens to Pedro the Third?

8. In "A High Post in the Government," what does Almeyda learn about the education of her mother and her grandmother?

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

10. Why is the skin of German's Indian women raw?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palmares takes place in the late 1600s when Brazil was a Portuguese colony. What is colonialism? How did it destroy the identity of Indians and African slaves in Palmares?

Essay Topic 2

There are slaves in Palmares. Why is Almeyda free and Nobrega is not?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Palmares?

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