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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What letter is on the back door of Luiza Cosme's store?

2. In "Another Reunion; How One Uses the Long Sword," what field is Almeyda to work in?

3. In "A Visit and a Draughtsman's Plans," what time of day do Anninho and Almeyda travel?

4. When did Ganga Zumba seek peace with the governor Don Pedro de Almeida?

5. What does Alymeda's grandmother buy with gold dust in "Gold"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have several generations of Bejerano women lived unmolested in the town?

2. Why does Entralgo send his son back to Europe in "What Is Happening in Agriculture"?

3. Who is Mexia?

4. What does Martim Apirgio look like?

5. In "Dream of Feathers," what does Almeyda learn about the plantation where she works?

6. Who is Dr. Johann?

7. What does Old Vera do when she sees a man tied to a tree whose legs are crushed, and what trouble does she get into?

8. Why does Anninho say that Almeyda will be sent to Indaya Matroa?

9. What does Olinda have in her house?

10. Why is Almeyda sold and where is she sold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Indian women weave blankets with gold threads for a man who calls himself Zune. How and why is the relationship between Zune and the Indian women exploitation?

Essay Topic 2

Palmares takes place in the late 1600s when Brazil was a Portuguese colony. What is colonialism? How did it destroy the identity of Indians and African slaves in Palmares?

Essay Topic 3

Almeyda meets the dictionary writer again in the hiding place where she and Anninho hid. How is the dictionary writer mutilated? What do his injuries reveal about desperation?

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