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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. Who is Indaya Matroa?

2. What is the occupation of the man who purchased Almeyda for the master of the plantation?

3. Who does Father Tollinare believe is setting the fires in "A Disillusioned and Sadistic Man"?

4. In "Almeyda's Reveries," how long does Almeyda say she was at Palmeres?

5. When a messenger comes from Aprigio, where is he injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to a woman who commits adultery?

2. Where do Almeyda and Anniho go when Palmeres is attacked?

3. What happens to a medicine man?

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

5. Why is the skin of German's Indian women raw?

6. What is the house like that Almeyda is taken to in Palmares?

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

8. What does Martim Apirgio look like?

9. Why does Anninho accuse Almeyda of trying to kill them both?

10. Who are Zumi's women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are slaves in Palmares. Why is Almeyda free and Nobrega is not?

Essay Topic 2

Almeyda presents several stories written by Barcala. What do these stories reveal about female gender roles?

Essay Topic 3

Palmares tells Almeyda’s story from the time she is a young girl until she is in her 30s. How do the events in the book help Almeyda mature and grow in Palmares? What events and characters help her mature?

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