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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. How did Zuma die in "Lice Scratching"?

2. Who comes to help Anninho and Almeyda after they hide for some time after the raid on Palmares?

3. After Almeyda's maleria attack, what does Anninho bring her?

4. In "Malaria Fever; Dreams of Escape and Capture; of Zumbi, the Chieftain," what does Almeyda dream is being built?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Almeyda get to Palmares?

3. What does Almeyda remember about being treated by Xavier for menstrual trouble?

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

5. In "A High Post in the Government," what does Almeyda learn about the education of her mother and her grandmother?

6. What happens to Pedro the Third?

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 is Almeyda sold and where is she sold?

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

10. Who is Mexia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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