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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. For what type of mines does Luiza say that Anninho made contacts in "Nautch Girls"?
(a) Copper.
(b) Tin.
(c) Gold.
(d) Granite.

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

3. 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 London.
(b) Madrid and Munich.
(c) Paris and Berlin.
(d) London and Paris.

4. At what age do the Bejerano women become pregnant and have a daughter?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

5. What is the name of the woman who is married to Valdes, but Valdes's father annuls the marriage?
(a) Elena.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Martina.
(d) Mariana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman pick up and dance with in an aggressive and hostile manner in "A Handful of Maize"?

2. In "Lice Scratching," where does a man send his wife so he can live with his Black mistress?

3. What color eyes does the man have who visits the casa grande and can do tricks on a horse?

4. In "Fazendo and the Indian Woman Who Was Not Touched by Mascarenhas," what does the woman give Alymeyda when she wakes her?

5. 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?

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