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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. From what tree does Almeyda learn to get sap when the moon is full in "Secret Remedies"?
(a) Quercus petraea.
(b) Quercus sumatrana.
(c) Jatoba.
(d) Copaiba.

2. About how old are Martina's children?
(a) 3 to 7 or 8.
(b) 2 to 9 or 10.
(c) 5 to 11 or 12.
(d) 4 to 8 or 9.

3. In "Pedro the Third," what does Almeyda see Pedro the THird carrying when she sees him walking down the street in front of her house?
(a) Sandals.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Sugar.

4. In "Pao Joaquim," why is Alymeda's grandmother taken away?
(a) She has to heal someone.
(b) They think she stole things.
(c) They think she has been setting fires.
(d) She is sick.

5. From where is the black shipowner Mualim is in contact with in "A Visit and a Draughtsman's Plans"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Sword and a Rosary and a Warrior's Tale," how much older does Maite make Almeyda look?

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

3. In "Why Don't They Go to the Interior," how many fingers is a man missing that Almeyda finds in the place where she and Anninho hid?

4. In "Luiza Cosme," where has Luiza been mutilated?

5. In "The Woman Who Wanted the Return of Her Lover," what is a woman told to keep under her bed by a macumbeiro?

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