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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. What does Grandmother give Barcala Aprigo?
(a) Honey and cinnamon.
(b) Honey and ginger.
(c) Honey and turmeric.
(d) Honey and curcumin.

2. In "A High Post in the Government," where had Alejandro who use to be one of Father Tollinare's students been sent to study?
(a) Madrid and Munich.
(b) Paris and Berlin.
(c) Madrid and London.
(d) London and Paris.

3. In "In the Barriaga Mountains," who tends Almeyda?
(a) Old Vera.
(b) Luiza Cosme.
(c) Nobrega.
(d) Grandmother.

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) Monkey.
(b) Rat.
(c) Opossum.
(d) Shrew.

5. Who is a guest in "Lice Scratching"?
(a) French planter.
(b) Russian nobleman.
(c) Duttch planter.
(d) English nobleman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Father Tollinare believe is setting the fires in "A Disillusioned and Sadistic Man"?

3. What name does Luiza give Almeyda in "Secret Remedies"?

4. In "A Handful of Maize," who does Maite say the woman has shamed her in front of?

5. In "A Man Is Brought Back; An Old Woman's Stories of Brutality," what color dress does Nobrega give Almeyda to wear?

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