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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does cholera infect the community?
(a) No one knows
(b) It was brought in by someone who had traveled to France
(c) It was brought ashore by someone who arrived on a ship
(d) It was brought in by a merchant returning from China

3. Why does Mama Wewe kiss Cesario while he's dying of cholera?
(a) She hopes that it will comfort him
(b) She knows he's going to die and she wants to die as well
(c) She wants to take the disease from him
(d) She is telling him good-bye

4. What color is the cat Francisco's first wife is often seen with?
(a) Orange
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Yellow

5. Which of the following was among the gifts the professor brings Mama Wewe when he pays her a second visit?
(a) Nylon hose
(b) Scarves
(c) Perfume
(d) Lipstick

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

7. Why does Mama Wewe choose azure cloth to wrap Cesario's body?
(a) It's the color of clouds
(b) It's the colors Angels wear in Heaven
(c) It's the color of the sea
(d) It's the color of a robin's egg

8. What spice is used on the pigs' heads served at the family feast?
(a) Ginger
(b) Oregano
(c) Cumin
(d) Pepper

9. What color are the shutters on the house where Mama Wewe is staying?
(a) White
(b) Gold
(c) Blue
(d) Purple

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

11. What does Mama Wewe learn about money earned by the daughters of a Missionary?
(a) Their father uses the money to buy drink
(b) They give the money to the church
(c) They buy lipstick and perfume with the money
(d) Their family needs the money in order to eat

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

13. Hhow many rooms are there in Francisco's childhood home?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) One

14. What Bible story is Cesario particularly fond of?
(a) Moses and Pharaoh
(b) Daniel in the lion's den
(c) David and Goliath
(d) Noah and the Ark

15. What was sprinkled over Dom Francisco's bed?
(a) Blood
(b) Food
(c) Feathers
(d) All the above

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle Procopio says the family would starve without what crop?

2. What time does the woman begin crying?

3. What object is under a glass dome on the mantle of Mama Wewe's home?

4. What is Francisco de Silva's Brazilian name?

5. How many days pass during which the professor could not come to shore because of bad weather?

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