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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the disease contracted by the professor's traveling partner?
(a) Flu
(b) Malaria
(c) Diptheria
(d) Polio

2. What were the women yelling prior to the beginning of the feast?
(a) Return to earth!
(b) It is night!
(c) Save the goat!
(d) Rest in Peace!

3. Why does Mama Wewe attend singing services?
(a) She wants to develop her voice
(b) To learn English
(c) She feels the need to worship
(d) She is looking for a place to find peace

4. What is the favorite topic of conversation for the family during the feast?
(a) The recipes for the food being served
(b) The current situation in the family business
(c) The loss of Dom Francisco's fortune
(d) The president's speech

5. How long has Francisco Manoel da Silva been dead at the time of the gathering to honor his memory?
(a) One hundred and seventeen years
(b) Seventeen months
(c) Seventeen years
(d) Seventeen days

Short Answer Questions

1. How do members of the family listen to the presidential speech that evening?

2. What happens to end Taparica's torture?

3. How long does it take Francisco to send forty-five loads of slaves to Bahia?

4. Why does Mama Wewe kiss Cesario while he's dying of cholera?

5. What color is the cloth Mama Wewe eventually drapes all around her room?

(see the answer key)

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