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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do members of the family listen to the presidential speech that evening?
(a) It's broadcast from vehicles traveling the streets
(b) On the radio
(c) On the television
(d) They go to the presidential palace

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

7. What event did Mama Wewe celebrate in 1953?
(a) The birth of her fourth child
(b) Her one hundredth birthday
(c) Her one hundredth anniversary
(d) The birth of her one hundredth great-grandchild

8. How does Francisco and Joaquim spend much of their time?
(a) All the above
(b) Waving at Joaquim's sisters
(c) Training hounds
(d) Fighting gamecocks

9. What does Francisco do when he finds a stray animal on his property?
(a) Changes the brand to match his own
(b) Nothing
(c) Kills it
(d) Returns it to its owner

10. What deformity does Manuelzinho have?
(a) He has one hand
(b) He wears a patch over one eye
(c) He limps
(d) He is hare-lipped

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

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

13. After Francisco begins his roaming, he knows "flashes of happiness," but only in what instance?
(a) When he's ready to move on
(b) When he remembers his mother
(c) When he encounters old friends
(d) When he makes money

14. Which of the following is the professor NOT wearing on the day Mama Wewe met him for the first time?
(a) A veil
(b) A bowler hat
(c) Glasses
(d) A jacket with lots of pockets

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the shutters on the house where Mama Wewe is staying?

2. What is the prevalent smell during March at the home of Joaquim's family?

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

4. What instrument does Mama Wewe play for the military man, Lieutenant Parisot?

5. Where is Mama Wewe lying?

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