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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Book of Jaguara and the Apprentice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maite think that Anninho's father is in "Sword and Sorcery and the Man Who Disappears and Is Thought Immortal"?
(a) Goias.
(b) Sergipe.
(c) Bahia.
(d) Piaui.

2. In "A Visit and a Draughtsman's Plans," what time of day do Anninho and Almeyda travel?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Night.

3. Who does Father Tollinare believe is setting the fires in "A Disillusioned and Sadistic Man"?
(a) A young boy.
(b) Mexia.
(c) Rafael.
(d) A young girl.

4. At the end of The Virtue of Plants and a Lecture on the Intellect and Morality; Strange Sounds," from what creature does Luiza show Almeyda how to make a new medicine she learned from the Indians?
(a) Rat.
(b) Shrew.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Opossum.

5. How did Zuma die in "Lice Scratching"?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Eating earth.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Trampled by a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaguaribe give Almeyda when he comes to the hut where she is staying?

2. In "In the Barriaga Mountains," who tends Almeyda?

3. In "Ritual of a Stranger," how much older does Almeyda think the man who rides into the village is than she?

4. Where did the wife of Martim Aprigio live with her husband?

5. In "The Gathering of Turtle Eggs," about how old was the girl found wandering on the beach that Almeyda's grandmother nursed back to health?

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