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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chpater Five, pages 111-133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the fates that befell the family?
(a) Burning of several houses after a roasting nut caught on fire
(b) Damage from a tornado
(c) A mudslide collapsing one wall of the compound
(d) Loss of revenue from the slave trade

2. What Bible story is Cesario particularly fond of?
(a) Moses and Pharaoh
(b) Noah and the Ark
(c) David and Goliath
(d) Daniel in the lion's den

3. What does the king do with the skulls of his slain enemy?
(a) All the above
(b) Use them as teh base of his throne
(c) Holds conversations with them
(d) Drinks from them

4. Why does Francisco decide to build the house he calls "Simbodji?"
(a) He was asked to leave the fort for military housing
(b) He was so wealthy that living in the fort was an embarrassment
(c) His family had outgrown the fort
(d) He was homesick

5. Uncle Procopio says the family would starve without what crop?
(a) Cabbage
(b) Walnuts
(c) Peanuts
(d) Money

Short Answer Questions

1. What demands does Francisco make of the king?

2. What color does Francisco's wife always wear?

3. Why does Mama Wewe choose azure cloth to wrap Cesario's body?

4. Francisco woke one night during the voyage covered in vomit. Why?

5. What name is given to the military group made up of women?

(see the answer key)

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