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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the answer to one of Francisco's favorite riddles about "girls in a castle clothed in yellow?"
(a) Oranges
(b) A church
(c) Eggs
(d) Bananas

2. Where is the woman when she begins to cry?
(a) The doorway of the main house
(b) The cemetery
(c) The opening of the pantry
(d) The belly of the compound

3. What is Francisco's wife carrying when he meets her for the first time?
(a) A baby
(b) Ripe figs
(c) Green oranges
(d) A stack of aprons

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

5. How old is Agostinho-Ezekiel da Silva?
(a) Forty-three
(b) Eighty-nine
(c) One hundred and seventeen
(d) Nineteen

6. How did Mama Benz make the trip from the memorial event?
(a) By carriage
(b) By boat
(c) By foot
(d) In a Mercedes

7. Which of the following was NOT one of the fates that befell the family?
(a) Loss of revenue from the slave trade
(b) A mudslide collapsing one wall of the compound
(c) Burning of several houses after a roasting nut caught on fire
(d) Damage from a tornado

8. When did Mama Wewe fall in love with the professor?
(a) When she was nineteen
(b) She'd never loved him
(c) In 1998
(d) Exactly ninety-eight years ago

9. Who wins the game between the professor and Mama Wewe's brother, Antonio?
(a) The professor
(b) It's a tie
(c) Neither
(d) Antonio

10. Where does the family head after the memorial event?
(a) The Portuguese Fort
(b) A Portuguese sail boat
(c) The Portuguese Chapel
(d) A Portuguese restaurant

11. What happens to the man who gets his hand caught in a press on the farm?
(a) The overseer cuts his hand off
(b) Francisco cuts his hand off
(c) The man dies
(d) Francisco helps bandage the man's broken hand

12. What color is the cloth Mama Wewe eventually drapes all around her room?
(a) Black
(b) Yellow
(c) Blue
(d) Purple

13. What month was the memorial event held?
(a) May
(b) January
(c) April
(d) March

14. What does Mama Wewe put in Cesario's hand before he's buried?
(a) A flashlight
(b) A watch
(c) A silver ring
(d) A gold coin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Francisco begins his roaming, he knows "flashes of happiness," but only in what instance?

2. What is the question the family wants answered before Mama Wewe dies?

3. What religion is Rosemary da Silva?

4. What job does Francisco's father do?

5. What job is Francisco given at the Coutinhos' plantation?

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