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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. 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?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Greece.
(c) Algiers.
(d) Italy.

2. In "The Mining Camp," how many days are Almeyda and Mauritia in an abandoned mining camp when Almeyda has a malaria attack?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 5 days.

3. In "A Tavern in VIla Rica," about how old is Dr. Rosa?
(a) About 35.
(b) 41.
(c) Around 40.
(d) 33.

4. In "A Cure for Taciturnity," from what plantation does a housekeeper come from with a girl who will not speak?
(a) Carvalho.
(b) Suzano.
(c) Piratini.
(d) Fazenda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Luiza and Almeyda spends their nights as they travel at the beginning of "Broken Bricks and Unripe Fruit"?

2. In "Sword and Sorcery and the Man Who Disappears and Is Thought Immortal" hat is the name of a nun suspected of being pregnant?

3. In "The Explorer," who does Luiza say that she loved?

4. In "Nautch Girls," where did the man lose his leg that Luiza meets?

5. In "A Tavern in Vila Rica," what does Mariana say is served to eat if beef is not available?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Gold Smuggling," how does Almeyda convince Luiza who she is?

2. Where does Almeyda find herself and who helps her in "The Stranger"?

3. Who is Jequitinhonho?

4. How and why does Maite help Almeyda disguise herself?

5. In "Jaguaribe, HIs Family, the Beginning of a Journey," what does Mexia tell Almeyda before she leaves?

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

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

8. What happened to Zune, and why does Turiri warn Almeyda not to go to his village in "The Heroes of Turiri's Village"?

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

10. How is Almeyda finally allowed into Luiza's library and what is inside?

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