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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 "The Interrogation," who is the woman waiting for Almeyda when she is released from the jail?
(a) Verao.
(b) Daiane.
(c) Placida.
(d) Agata.

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

3. How old does Almeyda think she was when she overheard a conversation between her mother and grandmother about the difference between revelation and illusion?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 4 or 5.

4. In "The Bushwhacking Captain's Wife, what is a woman wearing who comes into Luiza's shop?
(a) Navy dress.
(b) Tan dress.
(c) White dress.
(d) Black dress.

5. In "Nautch Girls," where did the man lose his leg that Luiza meets?
(a) Fight.
(b) Childhood accident.
(c) Whaling.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Quiet and Conservative Man," about how many cattle grazing does Almeyda see?

2. How large is the snake that prevents Almeyda from taking a trail in "An Anaconda Keeps Her from Taking That Trail"?

3. 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?

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

5. What are the streets made of in "The Shore of the New World or Manioc and Couscous"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Mining Camp," what does Mauritia want to do when Almeyda has a relapse of malaria, and what does Almeyda persuade her to do?

2. Where does Almeyda see the dictionary writer and why is he maimed in "Why Don't They Go to the Interior"?

3. Who is Capistrana, and what does Mauritia bring her?

4. What happened to Anninho after he was set on shore in North Africa by pirates?

5. How do Luiza and Almeyda travel to Bahia in "Nautch Girls"?

6. What do Mauritia and Almeyda hear and where are they in "Aldeia de Visita?

7. Who helps Almeyda when her malaria recurs in "Jaguaribe, His Family, the Beginning of a Journey"?

8. Why is Luiza unable to help the wife of a bushwhacking captain?

9. Why does Mauritia say that many people die on their way to Minas?

10. In "Nautch Girls," what does a man give Luiza and why?

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