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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Captain Goncalo write Dr. Johann in introduction?
(a) Captain Vieyra.
(b) Captain Botelho.
(c) Captain Pereira.
(d) Captain Moreira.

2. Who is Indaya Matroa?
(a) Almeyda's grandmother.
(b) Mexia.
(c) Oner of Zumbi's wives.
(d) Almeyda's mother.

3. How is a man injured who is tied to a tree in "A Man Is Brought Back; An Old Woman's Stories of Brutality"?
(a) Legs crushed.
(b) Feet chopped off.
(c) Beaten bloody.
(d) Hands chopped off.

4. Who has Almeyda dreamt that she sees in boats in "Dreams"?
(a) 3 white men in a boat and 7 black men in a boat.
(b) 5 white men in a boat and 10 black men in a boat.
(c) 2 white men in a boat and 5 black men in a boat.
(d) 7 white men in a boat and 11 black men in a boat.

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?
(a) Maybe 9.
(b) Perhaps 10.
(c) Almost 11.
(d) About 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Free Woman and the Slave," what happens to Old Vera because she gave a criminal fatal herbs?

3. Where does Zumbi's Black woman have a mark of the tribe where she came from?

4. In "Men from the Quilombo," what is Almeyda given to drink that she has never had before?

5. How old is Alymeda's grandmother in "The Place of Men and Women"?

(see the answer key)

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