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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 much does Mauritia say that fish sells for in the city?

2. In "The Bushwhacking Captain's Wife," how many men does the captain's wife say her husband kept for a time and made him work for him?

3. In Almeyda's vision in "Jaguaribe, His Family, the Beginning of a Journey," what plant does the little turtle Jaboti compare her to?

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

5. About how old are Martina's children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Almeyda arrested in Vila Rica?

4. In "Gold Smuggling," how does Almeyda convince Luiza who she is?

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

6. How do Luiza and Almeyda travel to Bahia in "Nautch Girls"?

7. Why does Garimpeira collapse and how does she recover?

8. What happened to Anninho after he was set on shore in North Africa by pirates?

9. In "Secret Remedies," why does Almeyda have to be vague regarding what she learns from Luiza?

10. Where does Almeyda see the dictionary writer and why is he maimed in "Why Don't They Go to the Interior"?

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

Luiza often visits plantations and provides medicine and medical knowledge. What is communicated about humane and inhumane treatment through Luiza’s work on these plantations?

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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