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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the plaque with Dom Francisco's memorial information?
(a) Grey
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Yellow

2. What musical instrument is being played as the memorial event takes place?
(a) Clarinet
(b) Piano
(c) Trumpet
(d) Organ

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

4. Why does Mama Wewe attend singing services?
(a) She wants to develop her voice
(b) She is looking for a place to find peace
(c) To learn English
(d) She feels the need to worship

5. How did the family of Francisco Manoel da Silva plan to honor his memory?
(a) With a burial and dinner
(b) With dinner a a play
(c) With a series of speeches and dinner
(d) With a Requiem Mass and dinner

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

7. What is the name of the man who tends cattle for Francisco's mother?
(a) Felix
(b) Jesse
(c) Julio
(d) Ferdinand

8. How long has Francisco Manoel da Silva been dead at the time of the gathering to honor his memory?
(a) Seventeen years
(b) One hundred and seventeen years
(c) Seventeen months
(d) Seventeen days

9. What job does Francisco's father do?
(a) He owns a small farm
(b) He is a ranch hand
(c) He is a dairy farmer
(d) He works on the railroad

10. How many years pass before Francisco brands the first of his own cattle?
(a) Thirteen
(b) He never brands
(c) None
(d) Two

11. What is on Papa Agostinho's hat?
(a) Butterflies and a giraffe
(b) Butterflies and elephants
(c) Butterflies and a bleeding heart
(d) Butterflies and a pig's head

12. Which of the following items was not on the shelf in Dom Francisco's room?
(a) A silver elephant
(b) An Ecce Homo
(c) A gilt crucifix
(d) A gold compass

13. What is the prevalent smell during March at the home of Joaquim's family?
(a) Molasses
(b) Tobacco
(c) Jasmine
(d) Roses

14. Where does the family head after the memorial event?
(a) A Portuguese restaurant
(b) The Portuguese Chapel
(c) A Portuguese sail boat
(d) The Portuguese Fort

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Tupuitapera get its name?

3. Where is Mama Wewe lying?

4. What was sprinkled over Dom Francisco's bed?

5. How does Francisco and Joaquim spend much of their time?

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