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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. 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?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Shrew.
(c) Opossum.
(d) Rat.

2. In "The Stranger," where does Almeyda find herself when she comes to her senses?
(a) In an abandoned hut.
(b) In a cave.
(c) Clearing in the forest.
(d) On the side of a mountain.

3. In "A Quiet and Conservative Man," about how many cattle grazing does Almeyda see?
(a) 500.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,000.

4. What does Luiza take out as she prepares dinner in "The Philosophic Society for the Advancement of Free Colored Women"?
(a) Bread.
(b) Green corn.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Fruits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what tree does Almeyda learn to get sap when the moon is full in "Secret Remedies"?

2. What is the name of wife of the man Almeyda meets in "The Russian"?

3. In "The Dream of the Good Man," where does Almeyda hear her grandmother talk about traveling in her dream?

4. In "Visions in a Glass of Water," what color skirt is Morisco wearing?

5. In "A Cure for Taciturnity," from what plantation does a housekeeper come from with a girl who will not speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the bushwhacking captain's wife comes to Luiza?

2. How does Almeyda end up staying in an Indian village for about a month in "Turiri"?

3. Why do free women from Bahia and outlying areas come to Luiza in "The Philosophic Society for the Advancement of Free Colored Women"?

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

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

6. In "Science, Magic, and Foolishness," why is Mrs. Florence Pepperell in Brazil?

7. When Luiza and Almeyda visit Mohammed of Bahia, what does he say about Anninho?

8. 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?

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

10. In "Secret Remedies," why does Almeyda have to be vague regarding what she learns from Luiza?

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