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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. What color horse does Jaguaribe give Almeyda for her journey?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Palomino.
(d) White.

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?
(a) Adelina.
(b) Beajtriz.
(c) Matilde.
(d) Caterina.

3. 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) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Algiers.

4. In "Jaguaribe, His Family, the Beginning of a Journey," how long does Mexica say that she and her child hid in a hollow tree?
(a) 11 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 9 days.

5. In "The Heroes of Turiri's Village," what does Almeyda use to cure an infection in the scratches she received in jail?
(a) Cumala leaves.
(b) The acai palm.
(c) Sap from a copaiba tree.
(d) Amor seco tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of ship was Zune working on when a pirate ship defeated them and he joined the pirates?

2. In "Turiri," how long is Almeyda in an Indian village before she meets Zune?

3. What does Almeyda served the women who come to the shop in "The Philosophic Society for the Advancement of Free Colored Women"?

4. What is the name of the mulatta in "A Tavern in Vila Rica"?

5. What does the bushwhacking captain's wife say always calms him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Almeyda leave in "The Departure," and why is Luiza frustrated that she is leaving?

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

3. How is Almeyda arrested in Vila Rica?

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

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

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

7. Who is Jequitinhonho?

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

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

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

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