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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is under a glass dome on the mantle of Mama Wewe's home?
(a) A bust of her father
(b) A lock of Cesario's hair
(c) A silver ring
(d) A clock

2. What is the question the family wants answered before Mama Wewe dies?
(a) Where did our family originate?
(b) Where are the papers?
(c) Who is your father?
(d) What is the secret to long life?

3. After Francisco begins his roaming, he knows "flashes of happiness," but only in what instance?
(a) When he encounters old friends
(b) When he remembers his mother
(c) When he's ready to move on
(d) When he makes money

4. Why does Mama Wewe kiss Cesario while he's dying of cholera?
(a) She is telling him good-bye
(b) She hopes that it will comfort him
(c) She wants to take the disease from him
(d) She knows he's going to die and she wants to die as well

5. What does Joaquim say his mother did following her husband's death?
(a) Sold her diamonds
(b) Grieved herself to death
(c) Took over the farm
(d) Remarried

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francisco during the drought?

2. How long has Francisco Manoel da Silva been dead at the time of the gathering to honor his memory?

3. What job does Francisco's father do?

4. What does Herr Raabe want to train Cesario to be?

5. What color are the walls of the Coutinhos' plantation?

(see the answer key)

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