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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. When did Ganga Zumba seek peace with the governor Don Pedro de Almeida?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1674.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1678.

2. In "A Fanatical Man," how many Indian women are at German's mud and grass hut?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. What does Grandmother feed Almeyda in "Malaria Fever; Dreams of Escape and Capture; of Zumbi, the Chieftain"?
(a) Crushed pineapple.
(b) Guava.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Mangos.

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

5. How long did Captain Goncalo's wife live in Palmares as one of the captured women?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who raised Barcala and Martim?

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

4. What color dress does Maite hand the woman she speaks to in "A Handful of Maize"?

5. In "Lice Scratching," what plant does Alcantara remember a woman gave her, but she only took a little?

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