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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. How old was Jijibou when she married Francisco?
(a) Twelve
(b) Sixteen
(c) Twenty
(d) Nineteen

2. What does Manuelzinho do for a living?
(a) Kills snakes and sells them for meat
(b) Kills alligators and sells them for meat
(c) Kills goats and sells them for meat
(d) Catches fish and sells them for meat

3. What is Francisco's wife carrying when he meets her for the first time?
(a) Green oranges
(b) A stack of aprons
(c) Ripe figs
(d) A baby

4. What name is Helene da Silva better known as?
(a) Mama Benz
(b) Mama de Silva
(c) Madam Benz
(d) Madam de Silva

5. What does Manuelzinho say happened to his horse's ear?
(a) The horse was born that way
(b) Manuelzinho himself bit it off
(c) Bugs ate it off
(d) A dog bit it off

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Francisco's father do?

2. What is one of Francisco's principal amusements during his time in Bahia?

3. What is significant about the trunks of the mango trees Mama Wewe passes as she walks with the professor?

4. Where is Mama Wewe lying?

5. What time does the woman begin crying?

(see the answer key)

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