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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does cholera infect the community?
(a) It was brought in by a merchant returning from China
(b) It was brought ashore by someone who arrived on a ship
(c) No one knows
(d) It was brought in by someone who had traveled to France

2. What does Francisco do when he finds a stray animal on his property?
(a) Changes the brand to match his own
(b) Returns it to its owner
(c) Nothing
(d) Kills it

3. How soon after the death of Francisco's father does his mother "take up" with another man?
(a) Within weeks
(b) Within months
(c) Winthin a year
(d) Withing two years

4. How many passengers are on board the canoe that takes Francisco to shore?
(a) Three
(b) Eight
(c) Five
(d) One

5. How long does it take Francisco to send forty-five loads of slaves to Bahia?
(a) Two years
(b) Two decades
(c) Two months
(d) Two weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the cloth Mama Wewe eventually drapes all around her room?

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

3. What is the answer to one of Francisco's favorite riddles about "girls in a castle clothed in yellow?"

4. What do Kankpe and Francisco drink from after forming their blood pact?

5. Where is the woman when she begins to cry?

(see the answer key)

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