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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 is the name of the bushwhacking captain?

2. In "The Stranger," where does Almeyda find herself when she comes to her senses?

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

4. What Indians are said to have raised Tamarutaca?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Almeyda finally allowed into Luiza's library and what is inside?

4. What do Mauritia and Almeyda hear and where are they in "Aldeia de Visita?

5. How does Almeyda meet Mauritia?

6. What does Luiza tell the housekeeper from the Carvalho plantation to do about a child she found who will not speak?

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

8. What is Luiza's place like in Bahia?

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

10. How and why does Maite help Almeyda disguise herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Almeyda leaves Luiza. Why does Almeyda leave Luiza? Why does Luiza believe that Almeyda should stay?

Essay Topic 2

Anninho attempts to save himself and Almeyda when Palmares is destroyed. How and why do his efforts fail?

Essay Topic 3

Acaiba gives Almeyda herbs to prevent her from being raped. How and why is Almeyda made whole again in “Black Beans, Brazilian Style; Iararaca, the Mystical Serpent visits and Almeyda is Made Whole Again”?

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