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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the captives believe is to be their fate as soon as they see the slave ships?
(a) They'll be sent to America
(b) They'll be sold to plantations
(c) They'll be forced to work in mines
(d) They'll be eaten

2. What color does Francisco's wife always wear?
(a) Green
(b) Orange
(c) Pink
(d) Black

3. Uncle Procopio says the family would starve without what crop?
(a) Peanuts
(b) Walnuts
(c) Money
(d) Cabbage

4. What color are the walls of the Coutinhos' plantation?
(a) Brown
(b) Pink
(c) Yellow
(d) White

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items was not on the shelf in Dom Francisco's room?

2. What is significant about the trunks of the mango trees Mama Wewe passes as she walks with the professor?

3. What is the answer to one of Francisco's favorite riddles about "girls in a castle clothed in yellow?"

4. What is the fate of the man who tends the family's cattle?

5. What does the author say the walls of Abomy palace are made of?

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