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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chpater Five, pages 111-133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the walls of Abomy palace are made of?
(a) Adobe
(b) Mortar
(c) Mud and blood
(d) Blood, sweat and tears

2. What name is given to the military group made up of women?
(a) Francisco's Furious Fighters
(b) The Vestial Virgins
(c) The King's Leopard Wives
(d) The Warring Women of Ouidah

3. What instrument does Mama Wewe play for the military man, Lieutenant Parisot?
(a) An organ
(b) A piano
(c) A guitar
(d) A flute

4. What is on Papa Agostinho's hat?
(a) Butterflies and a bleeding heart
(b) Butterflies and a pig's head
(c) Butterflies and a giraffe
(d) Butterflies and elephants

5. How soon after the death of Francisco's father does his mother "take up" with another man?
(a) Withing two years
(b) Within weeks
(c) Winthin a year
(d) Within months

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are among the improvements Francisco makes after being named viceroy?

2. Francisco is dipped in a vat filled with what liquid?

3. How much time passes before Francisco is named the Viceroy of Ouidah?

4. What event did Mama Wewe celebrate in 1953?

5. What do some believe about the king's bravery?

(see the answer key)

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