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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the bushwhacking captain's wife say always calms him?
(a) Scotch whiskey and coconut milk.
(b) Rum and coconut milk.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

4. What does Almeyda eat in "Mauritia's Search for Tamarutaca"?
(a) Fish and greens.
(b) Fish, nuts, and berries.
(c) Greens and berries.
(d) Greens and nuts.

5. In "Visions in a Glass of Water," what color skirt is Morisco wearing?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

6. What are the streets made of in "The Shore of the New World or Manioc and Couscous"?
(a) Bricks.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Cobblestones.
(d) Boards.

7. In "The Explorer," who does Luiza say that she loved?
(a) Mauricio.
(b) Enzo.
(c) Azamor.
(d) Bieito.

8. When does the chapter "Jaguaribe, His Family, the Beginning of a Journey," begin?
(a) 1696.
(b) 1698.
(c) 1697.
(d) 1695.

9. What Indians are said to have raised Tamarutaca?
(a) Caete.
(b) Tupinamba.
(c) Guiacuru.
(d) Paragua.

10. Which of Turiri's relatives threatened to give the women of Turiri's village a contraceptive if the men killed Zune?
(a) Great-aunt.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Aunt.

11. What is a man growing that Almeyda and Mauritia encounter in "Another MIning Camp"?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Manioc.

12. How does Cere kill herself in "Anninho's Story"?
(a) Slashes her wrists with a knife.
(b) Walks on spikes in the ground.
(c) Eats earth.
(d) Hangs herself.

13. In "The Heroes of Turiri's Village," what does Almeyda use to cure an infection in the scratches she received in jail?
(a) Cumala leaves.
(b) The acai palm.
(c) Sap from a copaiba tree.
(d) Amor seco tree.

14. Who speaks to Almeyda from a window when Almeyda is incarcerated in "The Interrogation"?
(a) Capistrana.
(b) Mauritia.
(c) Garimpeira.
(d) Mariana.

15. What is the name of Garimpeira's master?
(a) Edson.
(b) Heitor.
(c) Cleiton.
(d) Belaude.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rapadura, the Glass Beads, and a Promise of a Hidden Paradise," what is Rapadura doing when Almeyda and Mauritia see her?

2. Where does Maite think that Anninho's father is in "Sword and Sorcery and the Man Who Disappears and Is Thought Immortal"?

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

4. When Almeyda and Luiza visit Mohammed of Bahia, how many volumes is he writing about the Koran?

5. After Anninho was left in North Africa and won his freedom, where did he have to go to get a ship to take him back to Brazil?

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