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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 is the name of Mauritia's sister in Vila Rica?
(a) Pallavi.
(b) Aakanksha.
(c) Capistrana.
(d) Kalpana.

2. 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) 9 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 11 days.

3. What color dress does Maite hand the woman she speaks to in "A Handful of Maize"?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

4. When Almeyda and Luiza visit Mohammed of Bahia, how many volumes is he writing about the Koran?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

5. In "Visions in a Glass of Water," how many long, narrow canoes does Almeyda see in a vision in a glass of water?
(a) 500.
(b) 300 or 400.
(c) 200 or 300.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Turiri's relatives threatened to give the women of Turiri's village a contraceptive if the men killed Zune?

2. What color fruit does a man offer Almeyda in "The Stranger"?

3. In what language does Morisco sing in "Visions in a Glass of Water"?

4. What does Luiza take out as she prepares dinner in "The Philosophic Society for the Advancement of Free Colored Women"?

5. Where does Maite say that some people from Palmares have gone in "A Sword and a Rosary and a Warrior's Tale"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Almeyda meet Mauritia?

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

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

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

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

7. How is Almeyda arrested in Vila Rica?

8. What vision of Barcala does Almeyda have when she looks in a glass of water with three drops of oil?

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

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

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