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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) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. Who does Father Tollinare believe is setting the fires in "A Disillusioned and Sadistic Man"?
(a) A young boy.
(b) Rafael.
(c) A young girl.
(d) Mexia.

3. What color eyes does Azevedo have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

4. What type of wood is most of the furniture made from in the shop where Alymeyda is taken in "The Hidden Woman"?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Oak.
(d) Rosewood.

5. Who is Indaya Matroa?
(a) Almeyda's mother.
(b) Mexia.
(c) Oner of Zumbi's wives.
(d) Almeyda's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Art and Leisure," who has Grandmother's papers?

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

3. In "A Woman Hanged for Adultery," where is a woman branded with the letter A?

4. Who raised Barcala and Martim?

5. In "Another Reunion; How One Uses the Long Sword," what field is Almeyda to work in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anninho say that Almeyda will be sent to Indaya Matroa?

2. Why is the skin of German's Indian women raw?

3. Why does Entralgo send his son back to Europe in "What Is Happening in Agriculture"?

4. What is the house like that Almeyda is taken to in Palmares?

5. Who is Mexia?

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

7. How does Almeyda get to Palmares?

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

9. Who is Alsace, and what powers does Almeyda's grandmother believe she received from the woman?

10. What does Old Vera tell Almeyda about a woman named Zibatra?

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