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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Conversation with Antonia," what day of the week does Antonia ask Alymeyda to speak to her in her hut?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

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

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

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

5. After Almeyda's maleria attack, what does Anninho bring her?
(a) Oranges and fresh butter.
(b) Guava and fresh butter.
(c) Passion fruit and fresh butter.
(d) Gurana and fresh butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Indaya Matroa?

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

3. What does Mexia wear around the waist of her dress?

4. Where was Father Tollinare born according to the stunt rider?

5. How many slaves does Sobrieski have in "The Shoemaker and the Sadism of the Senhora" before he buys Almeyda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to a medicine man?

2. What room is in the back of the one where Father Tollinare teaches Almeyda and the other children to read?

3. What does Olinda have in her house?

4. How does Almeyda get to Palmares?

5. Why does Anninho accuse Almeyda of trying to kill them both?

6. Why does Alcantra wish for rooms with windows?

7. Who is Mexia?

8. How have several generations of Bejerano women lived unmolested in the town?

9. What happens to Pedro the Third?

10. How is Almeyda injured and what happens to Anninho?

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