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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. What does Francisco see on the after he's wakened from his siesta?
(a) Young men practicing marksmanship
(b) Naked men working
(c) Yovogan gathering reeds
(d) Children playing a game with reeds

2. How does Francisco and Joaquim spend much of their time?
(a) Waving at Joaquim's sisters
(b) Training hounds
(c) All the above
(d) Fighting gamecocks

3. What is the answer to one of Francisco's favorite riddles about "girls in a castle clothed in yellow?"
(a) Bananas
(b) A church
(c) Oranges
(d) Eggs

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

5. What had Francisco de Silva provided to the king of Dahomy?
(a) Slaves, guns and fine material
(b) Fine material, tobacco and precious gems
(c) Rum, tobacco and guns
(d) Rum, whiskey and brandy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mama Wewe lying?

2. Which of the following was NOT one of the fates that befell the family?

3. How old is Agostinho-Ezekiel da Silva?

4. Which of the following is the professor NOT wearing on the day Mama Wewe met him for the first time?

5. Why does Francisco decide to build the house he calls "Simbodji?"

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